I called your name across the lake
The lake kept it
Lotus folded
Footbridge empty
Streetlamp halo on the water
I threw a coin
Didn't make a wish
What comes back
Is never the sound you sent
Just a version of it
Colder
Thinner
Mine
Echo Park
I sing to the water
The water sings back
In my voice
But not my words
Echo Park elegy
I came here to mourn you
But the only voice here
Is mine
A swan on the lake
Real or plastic
I watched for an hour
Still don't know
That's how I feel
About everything you said
What comes back
Is never the sound you sent
Just a version of it
Slower
Older
Mine
Echo Park
I sing to the water
The water sings back
In my voice
But not my words
Echo Park elegy
I came here to mourn you
But the only voice here
Is mine
The echo isn't you
It's just the speed of sound
Taking its time
To tell me
You're not here
You were never here
That's the elegy
That's all
Echo Park
The water's still now
I stopped singing
And the echo
Stopped
Before I did
I called my own name
Across the water
And the water
Gave it back
Slightly kinder
Than I remembered
