[dVerse] May 5th - Names I Did Not Answer To

Names I Did Not Answer ToBy midnight,all my old selves had gatheredoutside the locked door.Restless came first,barefoot, carrying a suitcasefull of unsent apologies.Then Ebb Tide,who knew exactlywhen to leave a roomand make it looklike drowning.Desdemona wore white,not for innocence,but because grief stains betteron honest cloth.No Surrender laughedfrom the staircase,mouth full of thunder,heart