I HEARD YOU IN THE HISS
I heard you in the hiss, love
Buried deep beneath the snow
The wires cracked, the static kissed
And still your signal stole the glow
You spoke of ash and folded cloth
Of rails half-sunk and stories slow
I tuned the dial, I held my breath
But you faded like the warmth in snow
So talk to me slow through the dust and the dark
Where the rails don't hum and the circuits spark
I'm tuned to your whisper, I'm wound to your code
If you're lost, love — just load the tone
I'll be listening still through the hiss
You said the mirror split in two
That something watched you from the shelf
The carving gone, the blanket folded
The kind of care you save for self
I wrote your name inside the fog
I pressed my hand to faded glass
And waited there beside the pump
Just hoping you'd come back at last
So talk to me low, let the copper line bleed
Let the voltlight shake, let the silence plead
I'm tuned to the tremor, I'm caught in the thread
If the wires hold, if the voice isn't dead
I'll be waiting right here through the hiss
Maybe it was just a bounce
A pulse off the silo wall
But you called
I know you called
So talk to me slow through the dust and the dark
Where the rails don't hum and the circuits spark
I'm tuned to your whisper, I'm wound to your code
If you're lost, love — just load the tone
You're not alone in the hiss