Don’t let it make you cry
Not the memory
Not the echo of a name
That still knows how to find you
In the dark
Don’t let it make you cry
When the past leans in
Like it still owns a key
To the house you’ve rebuilt
From quieter things
Don’t let it make you cry
Just because the truth
Arrives uninvited
Soft footed
Cold handed
Carrying the shape
Of what you once wanted
Let it pass through you
Like weather
Like a storm that knows
You’re no longer the place
It can break
Stand there
Breathe once
Let the world keep moving
And if your eyes burn anyway
If the ache insists
Let the tears fall
Only as proof
That you’re still here
Still changing
Still stronger
Than whatever tried
To unmake you