Quietly You

   you’re so quiet,
it’s so quiet when you come,
        around here, 
sometimes worried that you’ll leave me,
nowhere, 
or here on the lounge, 
not sure if there’s a difference, 
be gentle yeah, 
               be,
gentle now,
the space between my heart’s, 
beats, 
gets,
smaller,
and i breathe a breath, 
a little faster,
        now,
the questions aren’t, isn’t,
if or how,
no what’s,
  or when’s 
cause it’s here and now, 
and i look at your eyes for a clue
and your mouth for a sound, 
do you, want to be, 
           around?,
i’m not sure if i care if you do or don’t,
because right, 
     right now, 
you and i is what we’ve seemed to have found, 
so plant a seed in my chest, 
and look at me, like i look at you, 
i think that’s all i really need, 
right now, all you really need to do, 
what do you think?, 
is there something that you think you’ve got to prove?, 
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Mccann Avatar
August 6, 2022 at 10:36 PM
I found this only today but still want to comment. "Something you think you've got to prove" is so perfect for that situation! I'll remember that! Elizabeth
Ray Avatar
June 9, 2022 at 4:31 PM
interesting but the depth seems to allude me....
Ray Avatar
June 10, 2022 at 2:54 PM
quite correct Bryan...thanks for the headsup
Newbey Avatar
June 9, 2022 at 5:04 PM
why thank you for the comment but i’m sure you meant ‘elude’ not allude.
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