Hanging on a Letter

Hanging on a Letter

I’m sitting right across the table, watching how you moveCatching every single syllable, falling into your grooveAs soon as words leave your tongue, before they hit the airI’m building bridges to your mind because I want to be thereI’m hanging on your every letter, learning who you areYour voice is like an epic story, chasing every starI’m waiting on the next cliffhanger, begging for a lineI want to know your deepest thoughts, I want to entwine.

But when I speak, it’s just a nod and a blank stareI pour my heart into the room, but you aren’t really thereI paint the picture of my soul, trying to connectBut all I’m getting back from you is cold neglectYeah, it’s a red flag waving in the darkI see my words don’t matter to your heart.

We’ve been here more than once, it’s a pattern in the roomI ask you if you understood, and watch the silence bloomYou stare right into space, a million miles awayCaught red-handed in the quiet, with nothing left to sayAnd then you get up from your chair and walk right out the doorLike my voice didn’t even make a sound across the floorI listen to your universe, I memorize your melodyBut you won’t spend a single second trying to hear me.

Because when I speak, it’s just a nod and a blank stareI pour my heart into the room, but you aren’t really thereI paint the picture of my soul, trying to connectBut all I’m getting back from you is cold neglectYeah, it’s a red flag waving in the darkI see my words don’t matter to your heart.

Is it too much to ask for what I give to you?A little bit of focus, a love that’s real and true?I’m exhausted from the heavy lifting, tired of the wallIf you only love your own voice, you don’t love me at all.

Hanging on your every letter...But you won't even read my page.Just a nod.Just a blank stare.Yeah, my words don't matter already.