Deepline — Beyond Departure

Nothing here belongs to leaving
Not the room key
Not the early train
You read departures like a warning
But every arrow opens
Around your name
Hey
Elevator numbers cross your cheekbones
Rain coats drying over
Borrowed chairs
You fold the border
Print it on the ticket
Until the world fits
Underneath your hand
First trains tremble underneath the station
Pending lights
Returned along the wall
You make no promises
Beyond the checkout
Still the distance loses
All its grammar
Passport ink thinning at the edges
Platform clocks
Refusing to agree
We keep choosing
What cannot be measured
Until arrival stops
Requiring a place
Hey
Hey, hey hey
Hey, hey
Nothing here belongs
To leaving
Not the room key
Not the early train
You read departure light
A warning
But every arrow
Bends around your name
M
Elevator numbers cross your cheekbones
Rain coast drying over
Borrow chairs
You fold the border
Printed on the ticket
Until the world fits
Underneath your hand
First trains tremble underneath the station
Bending lights
Return along the wall
You make no promises
Beyond the check out
Still the distance loses all its grammar
Passport ink thinning at the edges
Platform clocks
Refusing to agree
We keep choosing
What cannot be measured
Until the world fits underneath your hand
First trains tremble underneath the station.
Fending lights return along the wall.
You make no promises beyond the check out.
Still the distance loses all
Its gram