Unsaid

Sometimes you don’t need to say a word
To let me know how you feel;
Sometimes the little things are all that matter
And the little things are what I notice.

Sometimes I can’t appreciate the grand gestures
That you do when you want to tell me something.
And sometimes I notice the way your breathing
Changes when you have your arms around me.

Sometimes you don’t see the way I’m hurt
When you break a promise, when you say you’re sorry.
Sometimes I don’t want to say anything
Because you don’t turn away to look at me.

Sometimes I can’t stay up late at night
When you’re still awake and I’m still tired.
And sometimes I don’t fall asleep and
I don’t regret the lack of sleep in the morning.

Sometimes you don’t say a thing
When there’s something that needs to be said.
Sometimes the silence is deafening
And I can’t remember what I wanted to hear from you.

Sometimes I can’t appreciate the moments
When you try and I overlook them.
And sometimes I can see them and I cherish them,
Putting them away to be pulled out for a rainy day.

Sometimes you don’t let me know how you are
And you brush off the question like it’s nothing.
And sometimes you notice the changes in my voice
And the changes across my face when I’m annoyed.

Sometimes I can’t tell you everything and anything
And there are times when I feel like I tell you too much.
And sometimes I’m confused about the way that I feel
And I wonder if you know this is about you.

Written November 25 2008.