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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 are 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.


Written by brokentitanium (k.)
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