Reticent

Purse your lips and keep them there
You’re leaking secrets everywhere
Brown leather, zip locked bags
Careful when you’re in the crowds
You’re dripping paint on the label
Wipe your hands and leave the table

Your eyes are riding on a wave
Of bitterness and cheap champagne
They’re pointing at my heart
And shooting darts, that dig and weave
A holy arrow splitting seams
A prison vault that holds my dreams
That’s pumping blood into my limbs
The liquid life that carries me

Well crush me all you like
It won’t help you breathe
When you shoot me down
It doesn’t say anything ‘bout me
And equally
If I am reticent
And I construct with eloquence
Maybe I can can help you find your dreams?

This isn’t just for you
It’s a blessing here for me
Written in the stone, it’s a lesson here for me
This isn’t just for you
It’s a lesson here for me
Written in the stone so it’s, so it’s complete

I used to hide behind a wall
And chew upon the seeds
Never let them grow
And left them blackened in the weeds
Negativity
Circulate through me
Choking up my conscience with a charcoal elegy

Well crush me all you like
It won’t help you breathe
When you shoot me down
It doesn’t say anything ‘bout me
And equally
If I am reticent
And I construct with eloquence
Maybe I can can help you find your dreams?

This isn’t just for you
It’s a lesson here for me