Pictures and Paints.
Pictures and Paints.
If I could sketch you into words
I wonder what word would you be.
Pretty, beautiful, tormented poetry,
Or rains and sunshine of glee.
If I could sketch you into words
And paint a picture so deserving
Of all the love you could ever
Wrap and present back to me.
Would it be a Rembrandt or a Da Vinci?
Or those city clocks that chime,
Despite the time it shows, not right
At least not for me.
Too many people, too many voices,
Too much of saying "Hey it'll be fine."
Or "Calm down." "Just Breathe. One.
Two. Three. Four." And I lose it.
There's too many people, too many voices, too much rush but very little of you.
If I could only say it all
The way I anxiously do
In my miserable mind making
Memories macabre and talking
To myself mockingly. Mentioning
Musical muses and
vague nuances,
That fidget spinners don't seem to help
And counting numbers only bring me closer to death.
And Clutching onto soft balls or my phone tight never makes it right
Because I'd rather hold onto you.
I try to make way through the crowd blocked by a jetty.
A rather amusing picture of my soul so messy.
And sometimes I wonder what normal feels like.
Walking into a room with that smile
And saying "Hey. I'd love to have a conversation but you know what,
I guess writing's fine."
If I could only tell you all of it
That goes on and on in my mind...
I hope the clocks tick right that time
And you hear the perfect chimes,
Out loud, this time.
Only if I could sketch you into words,
I would be the best of the artists alive,
For my picture would be you.