If I could see you just standing there
I’m sure I could tell if you’d understood me
How awkward the stare
Your hands through your hair and I’d know
If I could see you just standing there
Every day since I asked,
“Come and be with me”
Spent repeating in the past
Watching you walk away
With your words still unsaid
If I could hear your voice in my ear
I’d summon the strength to put my feet back on the floorboards
And rejoin the world
The cinderblock boy and his blown glass girl
If I could sense that you were drawing near
I’d ready my nerves and prepare for the worst
But hope for the best
My heart in my chest, please hold on
If I could sense that you were drawing near
Every day since I asked,
“Come and be with me”
Spent repeating in the past
Watching you walk away
With your words all unsaid
