Half A Turn

[Intro]

Drip… drip…

Kettle hiss in the quiet

[Verse 1]

Early kitchen light on brushed metal

One slow drip into a quiet sink

Porcelain cool under my palm

Steam ghosts off a kettle that just clicked

My sleeve cuff catches the handle

Sneakers hush across the tile

Phone face-down by the cutting board

Draft still open — too many lines

[Pre-Chorus]

I count the drops instead of the words

Shoulder drops, breath finds the floor

Thumb finds the stop where water rests

Two cups wait — I don’t need more

[Chorus]

Half a turn — that’s all I need

Let the drip keep time for me

Kettle quiet, morning lined

Two mugs waiting on the rim

Half a turn — I let it be

Day lines up without the hurry in me

[Verse 2]

I step out, check the hallway light

Come back — drip still keeping score

Delete the paragraph that cut too sharp

Leave the short one: “tea at four”

Cardboard box of spare filters

Brother’s mug with the chipped blue seam

I rinse it slow, set it upright

Faucet answers like a small machine

[Pre-Chorus 2]

I count the drops instead of the fight

Thumb on steel, not on send

Stop the drip at the quiet mark

Pour for two — then breathe again

[Chorus 2]

Half a turn — that’s all I need

Let the drip keep time for me

Kettle quiet, morning lined

Two mugs waiting on the rim

Half a turn — I let it be

Day lines up without the hurry in me

[Bridge]

I almost wrote the sharpest truth

Then watched one drop erase the rush

I turn the faucet to the stop

Set both cups where the steam can touch

[Final Chorus]

Half a turn — that’s all we need

Let the drip keep time for me

Kettle quiet, morning lined

His mug and mine along the rim

Half a turn — the day agrees

I start it quiet, and that is enough for me

[Outro]

Drip… drip…

Half a turn — and leave it