Your Earring on My Sink

Your Earring on My Sink

Tiny silver circle by the faucet
Three weeks after you were gone
I noticed it the first morning
Then kept pretending I didn't
Every time I clean the bathroom
I move everything but that
Small enough to call an accident
Heavy enough to keep me looking back

Your Earring on My Sink, still waiting
Your Earring on My Sink, still saying
We both knew one small thing kept the door unlocked
Your Earring on My Sink, maybe that was the plot

Your text comes Sunday evening
Is it still there by the tap?
I type yes, then stare at the question
Because we both know more than that
You could buy another earring
I could mail this one today
Instead I ask whether you want coffee
And you say you're on the way

We called it forgotten jewelry
Because saying reason felt too much
We both knew one small thing kept the door unlocked
One earring beside the faucet told the story

Your Earring on My Sink, now in your hand
Your Earring on My Sink, and here we stand
We both knew one small thing kept the door unlocked
Your Earring on My Sink, now let us talk

Your Earring on My Sink

Your Earring on My Sink