you took my words again
i knew just what i wanted to say
and then i turned around and saw your eyes
softening into the lazy afternoon light
...
...
...
and i forget.
i forget.
i forget about my latest story
existential breakthrough
or the eggs that we need to add
to the shopping list
so we can eat tomorrow.
...
...
...
and then you ask me what i'm thinking
you ask me what i mean
and again--
again--
again i am revealed a stuttering fool.
my worst nightmare.
again.
and again.
and again.
i voluntarily enter
the strangled silence
--the place where you are--
till my words are so twisted around
so pressurized
they drip. out. my eyes.
never doubt that i love you, darling.
i lose my words for you.
