i think. i don’t quite know.
i wonder if, you’d wonder the same.
you don’t. you and i both know that.
i can see you pass me by.
two cars, headed straight on.
never crashing.
i never crash.
i never even turn the lane
to meet you at the concrete barrier.
not for more than a passing moment.
forgettable moment.
i think, it’s all quite strange.
i think, the sounds of the world
they drown me out.
i let them drown me out.
still i cling to small things like this
to drown the world out.
still i find you
you do the opposite.
you’re so silent and i’m so silent.
but you’re so great and i’m so
i don’t. i’m not here.
but it’s all over again, really.
i know just how this story ends.
i knew right from the moment
when i took the book off the shelf.
i’d seen the plot play out before
it’s become a cliche by now.
our pages split down the middle
blur only with stormwater
and even then, rarely.
