Last night you came home,
Tired eyes, exhaustion apparent
There was friction in the air
Static electricity escorting current
through every optical nerve -
Anger teetering below the edge
Creeping slowly through every crevice
Eyes closed, measuring every breath -
Keep calm, flat pretence -
Silly sounds float through the air
Eyes snap open, lights gone low
Hands outstretched
For a dance silly as the song itself
Couldn't help but join in
Ever so reluctantly
The demons subsided for the time
Limbic beings moving to the rhyme
Don't know when, but somehow
we ended up in bed, a picture of serenity -
Finger interlocked, you played my favourite song
How did you even know? you never even listen to me.
But oh love, I do, I see your mind,
aglow in all it's neuroticism
and try my best to unwind
you - always trapped in your fragile sanity.
I listen, I listen to the silence
To words unsaid -
I listen, I listen to the sirens
of your SOS - in complete distress
if I didn't who would?
