18 July 2012
We talked around the edges
For hours
Until you said
You had to go
Should have long ago
To meet someone, do something
Drink, get wrecked
Easier than talking, talking
Saying it can't work
Won't work
Can't try
Won't try
Better to run and say goodbye
Better for who?
Not for me, nor you
I get it
She broke you
And your parents before that
Refused proposal of marriage
And messy divorce
Made you sceptical
Afraid of loving
Like you have before
Laying it all out
Showing you full hand
Just to be destroyed
It won't happen
I won't be that person
But you won't let me
Show you
Prove it
So we talk, talk, talk
As I try to find the truth
In the bravado, cover-story, excuses, lies
I know you feel
Something
Maybe not love
Strong and wild like mine
But something
Worth effort
Worth the fight
We talk until there are no words left
No more reasoning
Begging
Pleading
Reassuring
Questioning
I can do
You are going
And I can't go with you
But I'll wait here
My life like
Stop-frame animation
Until you come back
Will you miss me?
Kiss me?
Honestly?
I don't know
But I'll be here
Hanging on to memories
And hope
And while you are away
I'll write, write, write
Instead of talking.
Talk, Talk, Talk • Opuss № I