There Was Something

There was something in her eyes That said to me That what she was listening to Couldn’t be heard And the words being spoken Couldn’t be said There was something in the way She held her head That said to me She really wasn’t where She appeared to be So I quietly whispered Would you care to take a walk She didn’t question why Just quickly answered yes Held out her hand to take And I never said a thing We walked through the night Just listening to the stars We felt the warmth of passion Against the chill of night And never spoke a word For eyes, arms and lips Say so much more When the sun broke upon the day The grass told where we lay As time and years went by I saw her eyes again They were so much younger As they reflected back my smile There was nothing much to say In the way she held her head I just remembered how in the sun The grass showed where we lay