An Elegant Disaster For You And I

January 24 2006
I'm afraid you're there
even when you're not
this distance is a complication
and I'm not afraid to try.

Your words are unclear
reception cuts like a knife
through "I love you's" and "I'm sorry's"
and I'm not afraid to try.

Passion in me withheld
I ask you for the time
or look to the sky and scream
and I'm not afraid to try.

With our legs together
I listened to your breath
and watched your pretty eyes watch your dreams
and I never felt the same.

Proximity be damned
I'll travel five hundred miles
just to hear you say my name
and I'm so afraid to try.

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