Perian

Duet

last night,
or very early this morning
you asked
if i wanted to play a duet,

and i wanted to tell you
how much i used to think about that,

and when you left in the rain today
and i was standing on the porch next to you
i think in another universe
we were kissing
because i sure was thinking about it
in this one.

and i feel like i'll always be
choking my feelings
back into the arteries of my heart
pretending the blood it pumps
doesn't sing melodies
of missing you.

and yes i want to duet with you
but i'm terrified
of our hands touching
or something compelling me
to fall in love with you
more than the music we produce

i think the notes of our souls
the sound wavelengths they exude,

i think that they go together.

and i think in another universe
we are duetting not just a song
but one we wrote together,

while in this one
i'm the only one in love enough
to write lyrics
and you're just the dumb one
that doesn't understand
they're about you.