Whatever remains & To the Silence

Whatever Remains “I should leave it alone but you’re not around” The National - I Should Live in Salt Whatever you care to say or not as the night grows cold Whatever thought you've turned away regarding me, or that you didn't have Whatever flickering of old feeling was blown out along the way Whatever was lost in Cardigan Bay and never recovered. Whatever stays quietly shut down beneath the waves Whatever carved-in-stone priority that you must never name Whatever love that goes unspoken using whatever words you may Whatever heartbeat refuses to happen against the battered windowpane Whatever matters. Whatever the wounded Want. Or just wish they could say That is my truth today To the Silence You are here but you are not here you are there but you are not there you who can threaten to land anywhere fall on anyone after the blast you are the sound rising from nowhere struck like a child hovering like a cloud enveloping everyone and speaking for none you who give voice to everything that isn’t