It's quiet here with you
when the world outside, and in my mind...

It snowed tonight, and though
we had plenty of warning...

October presses me against his chest -
I feel all the sadness he summons...

I am not a caged bird,
but sometimes, I prefer the isolation...

I know that people aren't burdens
but I'm feeling burdensome...

I always dreamed that
in the mountains, I would...

can I be silent, tonight?
look how you laugh without me...

when you're big,
you hit all the creaks on the stairs...

She said she wants to get away.
I didn't ask "where...

there's a leak somewhere
in the dining room, as rain...

I smiled at his pain last night.
A guilt-free indulgence...

I wasn't always this exhausted, coming home with...
Everything - magnified - the way I take up extra...