I will try and sing loud enough for her when quiet is too frightening a concept

She sang songs
and told stories I didn't know
so I wouldn't see that I was stuck
halfway between walls that had been there
longer than I had been afraid of them,
and walked me upwards
towards blue space
that I could fit inside a thousand times over,
until it was clear that with her
I needed only to keep walking
towards the promise of sky
and light
again.