Petals on Still Water

Lyrics: sunwoo kim Music: sunwoo kim You were falling tired clothes Coffee cooling by the sink Said you couldn’t find the words So you circle ‘round the thing July rain on your shoulders Passport in the drawer Have you plan have open every door half closed We were petals on still water Drifting where the quiet warning Touch and tremble Then we ‘re gone No crash No storm Just, softer Two small circles, growing farther To what we were It’s barely drawn - Weeks went by in a lower case Sticking notes along the frame Feed the cat and back by eight but you never wrote my name I learned every creek and corner all the house that felt like yours Watch the sunlight fade to silver on the paint beneath the door We were petals on still water Drifting where the quiet warning Touch and tremble Then we ‘re gone No crash No storm Just, softer Two small circles, growing farther To what we were It’s barely drawn - Did you feel it that small shiver when the air went cold at noon (noon) when the last shared joke felt flat in the middle of the room My words begging for an answer You were staring at your hands Funeral in slow motion for a love we let unspool We were petals on still water Drifting where the quiet warning Touch and tremble Then we ‘re gone No crash No storm Just, softer Two small circles, growing farther To what we were It’s barely drawn