Friction in a Diner

Will it be okay
Today?
Will it all reset
Tomorrow?
Is there any more to say?
Any words to utter
Steeped in shame?
In sorrow?
I’m not afraid
I swear
To you and me
I’m not afraid
Though it’s coming down
I can’t hear the sky
But I know
It is falling
Into my coffee cup
Two voices
Drowned
In the lights so dim
We can’t tell
Who is calling
Breathe one
Hello
Tell me your name
And let me know
What I’ve done
Right
Where I’ve gone
Wrong
And every
Little
Thing
I’ve known all along
The air is thick
With murky thoughts
In brown paper guise
Chafing the edges
Of fixated eyes
We speak the truth
Under more-or-less
Stress
Please don’t forgive
And don’t forget
The path to peace
Runs solely through
You
I will listen
And settle my debt