Words Don't Say Enough.

Watered eyes can only say so much before too much,
And you touched the tears as though you understood,
So I let you linger in your thoughts for a moment,
As I stopped before starting to fall back on words.

I wish you knew how to believe less than you see,
For it was nothing you saw -though you knew-
That knowing was harder than finding the secrets,
And the silence was easier than letting loose.

You closed my eyes with fingertips so gently,
And blindly spoke of love as if you could,
Though words to me just never meant enough,
And my tears could never prove you understood.

You gave laughter a way of smiling in honesty,
And for months your witty whispers withstood,
Though time never found enough to fix it all,
And I was surely letting go of all I knew.

October 2, 2008