The curtain’s drawn
The life we knew is gone and I’m
Washing the dishes twice again
Thinking in shorter distances
Leave the TV on so the
Voices can comfort you to sleep
It’s what we need
To feel normal again
Ambient grief
And terror coalesce
Into routine
I promised you that I would give my best
Right now
Re-write the maps
Pave over the paths that we
Built out of unsteady dreams
We read about in magazines
Wait for it to pass but it
Haunts you and dangles the key
We think we need
To feel normal again
It’s out of reach
Put it all to rest
We’ll make our peace
And tidy up for whatever comes next
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