Reading You

It’s not that I’m not listening  
  when my eyes seem far away;  
I’m listening to everything about you  
  except for the words you say.  
The who-did-what-when-where-with-whom --  
  those details never stick,  
But how you feel lodges in my heart  
  and I hear what makes you tick.  
If you’d rather I remember  
 about your uncle’s cousin’s girl  
  or your neighbor’s dog-sitter  
   or that movie about the squirrel,  
I’ll take notes – I’ll learn the details...  
  but you're the friend I want to read!  
I can’t get enough of your forest  
  but don’t care much about the trees.  
So, sorry if I’m weak on the setting and the plot --  
  characters are always where I focus all my thought.