Missing

I love, love, love the way

You call my name

Then leave it on the floor

I hear, hear, hear the way

Your mouth shapes

Words not spoken before

And even, even, even if I

Tried to recreate it

It'd never do

I love, love, love the way

Your perfect pace

Keeps winding out the door

What is this memory

Of frozen things

That soft, white light

Of the windows

Reflecting the feeling of love

Even if I can't have this

I'd rather not forget

The way it felt on my tongue

To kick and scream and fight

But not tonight

Never tonight

You love, love, love the way

I call your name

And do the things you ask

You hear, hear, hear the way

My eyes tell you

Quitting time is past

You listen, listen, listen for the

Warning bells

To chime

You love, love, love the way

The metals

All collide

And even if they

Even if they fell to the floor

You'd fix the cracks

You'd find the paint

You'd find the time

To pick the parts that are

Not working anymore

And you'd create my bones

Out of different ties

And I'd be perfect

Just so perfect

That I would forget

How to cry