Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Tail light eyes

sometimes people say things they don't even know
maybe it isn't one word but several words mixed together
cut and paste
snip and cut

maybe the words never came out of their mouth but you know what they meant
maybe they never say what you want them too
so you make the dialogue complete on your own terms
in your own mind
home field advantage

i watch your lips but i don't hear a sound
i see your eyes speak and listen to every thing you ever told me
a warm heart on a cold winter day
a silver tongue lets go a flurry of nouns and verbs
all pass you by
leaves on the icy breeze

but what are you left with?
what lingers on?

i know what i wanted to hear
i know what you wanted to say
i am caught on a desert highway with tail lights reflecting on me
tail light eyes

i hear you
i watch you
i see it loud and clear

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