Glass Bridge
Walber Costa
Bare hands on the rail
One light in the glass
Your name in my throat
I let it pass
I watched the morning
Lean on the frames
Your chair by the window
Still keeps your shape
I walked that hallway
Slow as a prayer
Each footstep asking
If you were there
And I held my breath
At the edge of the room
A quiet storm
Was moving through
I heard the dark
Start naming me
Then your face came back
Like a broken wave at sea
Hold me up
Hold me up
I'm still here
I'm still enough
Hold me up
Hold me up
Till the whole sky cracks
And I rise back up
The kettle went cold
The plate stayed clean
Dust on the piano
Where your hands had been
I found your old coat
On the back of the chair
Faded at the collar
Like you'd breathed in there
And I felt the weight
Of every undone word
Every closed-door silence
That we both heard
But the night kept turning
And I turned too
Till the smallest spark
Started cutting through
Hold me up
Hold me up
I'm still here
I'm still enough
Hold me up
Hold me up
Till the whole sky cracks
And I rise back up
If I fall through the black
Catch the edge of my name
If the water runs high
Pull me back from the flame
I won't go quiet
I won't go numb
I'll break wide open
Till the morning comes
Now the room is open
The air feels new
Every scar on my heart
Turns gold in you
I stand in the distance
Then I step in the light
Not empty, not finished
Just alive tonight
Hold me up
Hold me up
I'm still here
I'm still enough
Hold me up
Hold me up
Till the whole sky cracks
And I rise back up
Hold me up
Hold me up
I can feel it now
I'm coming back up
Bare hands on the rail
One light in the glass
Your name in my throat
I let it pass