I know not to bother you
When your eyes are like that
There’s a whole different energy
When you’re holding your head just like that
It’s a good thing I learned that
There’s times that I’m not sure -
Not sure I should point these things out
I guess I could tell you, but then I know
You’d adapt and do something else
And I just can’t have that
I know I should not escape
When you’re wearing that certain face
It’s all about angles and speed and something else
– it can’t explain it –
But I’m so glad I learned it
You send all these messages
I appreciate that
I learn how to translate them
(though it takes me years)
I’m getting better at it
but that’s why you send them
I try to be a learner
I try to figure you out
I know that I should talk more, oh I know that
I try to be a learner
I try to figure you out,
I use my eyes and ears but it takes years…
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