hushed tones spoken over lines that can't
communicate the distance in your eyes
and the hesitation in your heart
familiar words become foreign
when ears on the other end
hear thoughts instead of words
and silences full of words you never
intended to share
your eyes begin to carry the thoughts
you leave inside your head
closed off and seemingly detached
from your heavy heart
movement becomes one of familiar motion
coordinated through years of repetition
while the brain can ease itself to sleep
where dreams become the escape to live for
and reality is only a momentary phase
you try to smile your way through