One Street Over — Liva

Late ride home, the city's low
Streetlights flicker, amber glow
Cold air brushing through my hair
Hands steady on the handlebars

I could take the faster way
But I turn left, I let it stay
One more block I used to know
Just to see how it would feel to go

Not to find you, not tonight
Not to see if you're inside
Just to pass that quiet place
And watch my own reaction change

One street over from your door
I don't feel it like before
No rush pulling me to stop
No weight telling me I'm lost

I thought something would remain
Like your name inside my veins
But it fades the closer I get
Into something I don't miss

Window lights behind the glass
Shadows moving as I pass
Every corner still the same
But it doesn't say your name

I slow down, then let it roll
Feel the quiet take control
There's a calm I didn't know
In the places I outgrew

Not a test and not goodbye
Not a tear I have to hide
Just a moment passing through
That doesn't pull me back to you

One street over from your door
I don't feel it like before
No rush pulling me to stop
No weight telling me I'm lost

I thought something would remain
Like your touch inside my veins
But it softens as I move
Into something I outgrew

Maybe I was holding on
To a version that is gone
Maybe leaving doesn't break
Every part we used to make

One street over, I ride on
Nothing asking me to turn
No echo, no hidden thread
Just the road I'm choosing next

I thought I'd feel you in the air
But there's nothing waiting there
Just the quiet, soft and true
And a version of me that's new