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Your Secrets*
by S.J. TylerIt's so beautiful
really
the sound I hear when you walk past me
I mimic but I can't get it right
I try to capture it on my guitar
my piano
tapping on the table
banging on my drums
it still doesn't sound like you
I steal your shoes
and stroll with them down the hall
No! Too fast!
Much, much too slow...
The tempo is impossible to catch
I give up!
It's a secret that you keep to enchant me
but your breath
the soft way it lingers and vibrates
on the back of my neck
I practice breathing on my hand
No! All wrong!
Not as sweet and much too cold!
I boil some water
drink it down fast
Ow, ow ,ow!! It burns, but let me try now
Too hot, too steamy...
and now I have a lisp
Damn you! Damn you and your stupid secrets!
Why can't you be like everyone else?
No one else's pattering steps haunt me
No one's breath captures me the way yours does!
You caught me in your web of tricks
I despise you
You MADE me love you!
Now I can't even remember anyone else!
You! You and your precious secrets
that you refuse to share
If you won't let me hear your steps
and feel your breath
Keep them from haunting me
stop me from loving you...
04/20/2002 Author's Note: Published (Patterns)
Posted on 08/20/2003
Copyright © 2026 S.J. Tyler
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