The Oblong Song

In her cabinet she had often left

what she never could before

and she was very sure

in the afternoon she made other plans

For a moment there was nothing more

The look in her eyes was a fading reminder

The knock on the door was a total surprise

The crumbs in the kitchen

the map on the wall

For a moment that was all she saw

She sat at the table and folded her hands

closed her eyes and remembered the song

A story from another land

Nothing's left behind but what's gone is gone

A breath is a breath in the oblong song

Breath in easy breath in long