Phone Call in Aisle Seven

I enter by the serial

In the rain soaked light

Your voice came through the static

Like a late night drive

The sharpened cartwheels

They hum like a secret song

I held the line

While the thunder rolled along

In the rain soaked grocery aisle

You say my name

And I froze for a while

Between the apples and the apology

I felt like the whole world was calling me

The cashier looked away

Like she knew what was true

I stared at the flowers

And thought of you

One dropped coin

One flicker from the neon sign

And every shelf went quiet

When you said goodbye

In the rain-soaked grocery aisle

You said my name

And I froze for a while

Between the apples and the apology

Felt like the whole world was calling me

Outside the storm

Kept riding on the glass

Inside my hands were shaking, holding fast

I couldn't buy time

I couldn't buy back days

Just the last small moment

In the fluorescent haze

In the rain-soaked grocery aisle

You said my name

And I froze for a while

Between the apples and the apology

Felt like the whole world was calling me