The angle of this crossing

Feels softer than yesterday

The reason I stopped

I tuck it beneath my collar

Behind the window glass

Only the season moves ahead

Colors that once fit me

Feel distant tonight

I didn’t lose a thing

I just changed where I belong

Keeping a distance

I can’t reach, but live within

Farewell, the light of youth

It doesn’t fall straight down anymore

Tracing the edge of shadows

Measuring time

Matching my stride

Farewell, the light of youth

That glare sleeps in memory

Now this quieter glow

Fits me best

That’s all

Lining up words

All in the same shape

Only what’s needed

Turns into sound

Choosing not to shout

Has meaning now

Even silence itself

Becomes a will

I don’t rush

I don’t fall behind

Right here, right now

I just keep breathing

I learned not how to gather

But how to drift apart

Without showing my back

I mastered

The way of parting

Farewell, the light of youth

I don’t regret

Not going back

I let myself sink

Into the warmth of this night

Farewell, the light of youth

That glare rests in memory

Now this softer glow

Fits me best

That’s all