August 13, 2006

A poets Conversation

mariah: i have someone on my mind

Mike: he pecks at it like birds

mariah: but everything is falling behind

Mike: and he makes mush out of my words

mariah: when i try to speak to him

Mike: he turns and walks away

mariah: i feel like i know him

Mike: but theres nothing i can say

mariah: he doesnt even notice me

Mike: he doesnt even care

mariah: i feel like I am a tree

mariah: he doesnt even know I'm there

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Mike: she doesnt really know it

mariah: she dont know what to say

Mike: all she does is think of him

mariah: but he's just in the way

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mariah: she wants him to care

mariah: he doesnt notice

mariah: she doesnt think it's fair

mariah: but he still doesnt notice

mariah: when she speaks

Mike: he doesnt hear her

Mike: when she tries

Mike: he deasnt know

Mike: it hurts

Mike: when he gets near her

mariah: she thinks of him when it snows

Mike): he hopes she doesnt notice

Mike: that there's more there than like

Mike: he doesnt think she can realize

Mike: she's stolen the heart of mike

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mariah: she would never admit it

mariah: she'd never say

mariah: she'd never think

mariah: she'd feel this way

mariah: but as time passes

mariah: we all change

mariah: and now she knows

mariah: what to say

mariah: everytime we speak

mariah: everything we say

mariah: nothing could be wrong

mariah: with what we do today

mariah: everything we feel

mariah: every single way

mariah: it is real

mariah: and it wont go away

mariah: but yes it wont last

mariah: I am sorry to say

mariah: the things we feel

mariah: wont go away

mariah: but we'll never act

mariah: on what we say

mariah: you love people

mariah: for different reasons

mariah: but you can only choose one

mariah: one person for you

mariah: onee person for good

mariah: someone who is always there

mariah: someone who will always care

mariah: nothing can change the things we feel

mariah: nothing can take that away

mariah: but it's him

mariah: him who i have to choose

mariah: and it is you

mariah: who i have to lose

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Mike: some one locked my heart in jail

Mike: they laughed and swallowe dthe key

Mike: but you musnt shed a single tear

Mike: for one day it will be free