where are you
the road is empty
I've tied the ribbon tight
but it keeps slipping
come fix it
come home
I cannot
my hands no longer remember the knot
my body has been given back
to silence
I was never meant
to stay
I saved your crown
I keep it by the jar
so it won't wilt alone
if you return
I'll place it on your head again
You crowned a shadow
you kept a jar of insects
and called it a lantern
I played the part you needed
the part is gone
only the stage remains
I wait at the window
until my eyes burn
I whisper your name
so I don't forget it
Leor
Leor
Leor
Stop
the name is not a chain
it is air
it will leave your mouth
and vanish
that is mercy
Mercy is cruel
if it takes you from me
Cruelty is pretending
I was ever yours
you loved me enough for two
I felt nothing
I gave nothing
that is the truth
Then why do I still feel you here
even in the silence
even as the jar goes dark
I swear I feel you
Because you are the only one
who ever believed I was real
your belief was the shape of me
without it
I am nothing
Then I will not stop
I will keep believing
I will keep waiting
I will not let you vanish
You already have
the village no longer knows my face
the world has erased my name
soon you will too
not by choice
by design
No—
Yes
when the forgetting comes
let it
carry no guilt
you cannot hold me
I was never here
…
Brother?
…
Don't forget me.