Eyes dark blue
Brown
Or gray
I’m not close enough to say

Like flints etched in your skin
They petrify me
Me.
But not my tongue

It flails stupidly
Like a fish out of water
Then shrivels in the dryness of my mouth

Words stumble out clumsily
And I talk myself senseless
Because I am looking at you looking at me
And the words keep spilling
And I cant mean what I say
And I cant say what I mean

And I no longer understand myself
Or speak a language
Other than that of your expressions
Shadowing over your face

And I watch your eyes timidly beneath lashes
As they begin to cool and stiffen
Beneath furrowed brows and I know
You don’t
You can’t possibly
Love someone like me.
Love someone like me…