A Word to Replace You
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When I look at pictures of you I think
This, is it. This is
the Real Thing
This is…
Love!
But then, I realize I don’t know a thing about love.
I only know about a four letter word
Watered down and distorted by
Our Society.
I only know
-Think I know-
About a love that’s
Whored out on Valentines candy and
Hallmark cards.
I only -think- I know
That it must be expressed
By playing guitar outside your window
Because it’s what the guy in the Hollywood movie
Would do!
We only think we know
Because we’re playing the same
Sappy love song from the radio.
No, ‘Love’ is not the word I want to use to describe
The electricity that pulses through my veins when I
See your shining eyes on this screen,
Your smiling face in my dreams.
So, what word will let you know
That words like ‘melancholy’ didn’t exist
When you were by my side at night.
What word, can I use to show
That I didn’t see a future with you before
But I can’t stop thinking about it now.
What word
Will make you blind
To the fact that you gave up on me a long time ago.
What word?
And now I’ll lay awake at night,
Licking my lips because
They can’t form the shapes to make this word.
Maybe because
I don’t know this word.
Maybe because
I can’t know this word due to your absence.
Maybe, it’s time for me to be strong
And move on.
Or maybe,
I just haven’t played guitar outside your window loud enough.