Speak

I didn't hear you enter

But I know you have been circling my room

I listen for your footsteps

Close my eyes and wait for you to move

You're hiding like a memory

Teasing like a girl I used to know

Tumbling and gamboling

Calling to the weakness in my soul

Telling me to speak

In one reckless moment

You move a little too close to my ears

I grab a hold with both hands

And scramble to make sense of what I hear

I try to tie you down

With synonyms and sad piano sounds

For a moment you surrender

One moment we both stand on the same ground

And I begin to speak

And all at once you pull away

I'm lost within your atmosphere

As quickly as you found me

I panic as you try to disappear

I reach out with my fingers

And try to pull the letters back in line

But your words spin out of order

And the pounding in my chest is out of time

But I just want to speak