Careless Memories

So soon,

just after you've gone

my senses sharpen

But it always takes

so damned long

before I feel how much

my eyes have darkened

Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke

drifting in our room

so easy to disturb

with a thought

with a whisper...

with a careless memory

On the table

signs of love lie scattered...

and the walls break

with a crashing within

It's not as though--

as though you really mattered

But being close,

how could I let you go

without some feeling

some precious sympathy following

Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke

drifting in our room

so easy to disturb

with a thought

with a whisper...

with a careless memory

I walk out into the sun

I try to find a new day

but the whole place

it just screams in my eyes

where are you now?

cuz I don't want to meet you

I think I'd die--

I think I'd laugh at you--

I think I'd cry--

What am I supposed to do,

follow you?

Outside the thoughts

come flooding back now...

I just try to forget you...

So easy to disturb

with a thought...

with a whisper...

with a careless memory...