Meanwhile

Lyrics The clock loosens its mouth, Spills a handful of now. Steel breathes under my feet, The air hums how. A train thinks about leaving Before it moves at all. I stand in the space Between yes and not yet, Between rise and fall. Meanwhile— The rails keep dreaming ahead. Meanwhile— I’m learning how to stay with what’s said. Somewhere a life is arriving fast, Somewhere I’m still right here. Meanwhile, meanwhile, The sound of leaving is near. Windows blur into maybes, Light folds itself thin. My reflection boards first, Becomes someone else again. The future touches my sleeve, Then decides not to speak. Opportunity passes Like a thought too brief to keep. Meanwhile— The rails keep dreaming ahead. Meanwhile— I’m learning how to stay with what’s said. Somewhere a life is arriving fast, Somewhere I’m still right here. Meanwhile, meanwhile, The sound of leaving is near. Maybe motion is not the same As becoming new. Maybe waiting is just A quieter way through. If time is a river of doors, And I am standing still, Then staying is choosing A different will. Meanwhile— The rails keep dreaming ahead. Meanwhile— I’m holding the weight of what’s said. Not every silence is loss, Not every stillness is fear. Meanwhile, meanwhile, I am already here. The train is gone But the echo remains. Meanwhile, I breathe Between chances and names. The train is gone but the sound keeps walking through me And what I didn’t become sits beside me quiet unaccusing... Meanwhile, the platform keeps happening and so do I.