Silent conversations

In a sometimes empty bed

Two voices talking circles in the dark

And resting on your shoulder

My sometimes troubled head

Lost in silent conversation

Silent conversation now hazy in the mist

And written on your eyebrows

The clenching of your fists

You move the earth from under me

You still the growing land

You blight everything around you

Yet you will not take the hand

Offered in silent conversation

We are swallowed in the passion

Of love we've never spent

Lost in a cave of sheets

Not knowing where it went

It is a lesson to be learned

Like the bleeding from my eyes

Yet you must retain your reputation

As life passes by

In silent conversation

Mattress dialogues, the murmur of your breathing

My ear pressed against the tide of conversation

In the morning, you'll be leaving

Dancing fingers waltz across your skin

Melodious and deep

So roll away from me on your side

Or go to hell

But go to sleep