Words

I knew you when I saw you
Somehow you were like me
Blonde and blue eyed
With too many things to say

Laughing at stories playing out in your head, careless as the moon rising up at night
What do you hear?
What’s that you’ve thought?
I can see it in your eyes when they look into mine

You have something to say
But it’s lost just there
A sound, a grunt, a howl
But no words come out despite your tries

The attempt to share
Just beyond yourself
A frustrating trap
Grasped yet lost

Joy loosened from a ponytail bobbing in the sky
Giggles falling out spinning in a circle
Grabbing my hand to ask for my help
Bringing me a toy with a turn to share

I knew you when I saw you
I swear we’ve met before
Maybe in a past lifetime
Maybe we lived through a different war
I feel somehow connected
Like we’ve done this once before

How else could I understand what it is you need to say
The attempts you make each day but still stuck without a word

Do you know that I’ll help you
Do you know I understand
Is it as clear to you as it is to me
That I know the words you’re tripping on

I’ll help you find the way
It’s the reason I’ve been put here
To help you find your voice
To say I see you and I’m desperately curious to know the things you know
I’ll search with you for the key
That unlocks the box you’re trapped in

Find freedom and expression
To sing your song
To know you belong
To live your reason

Like a princess in a story
You’re only through chapter one
Yet you’ve already touched us all with a wave of your magic wand

You’ve cast a spell
Making impressions upon all our hearts
Like Elsa, Belle and Ariel
I see you in a fairytale still unfolding

You’re special to me
I have already seen
The mark you’ve made on me

You cast a spell
To forever dwell
As a big character in my story

Blonde hair bouncing
Blue eyes cast upon me
The box you need to climb out of
I had one of my own

How much I wanted to be the one who got you out of yours
Finding the key to all your words in this story outline
But all to suddenly in life our paths have stopped their intertwine

It’s too early for me to call the time
On our parting ways in life
The road turned left and you’ve moved right
Already time for goodbye

My heart aches
I wasn’t prepared for the twist
An aperitif of sweet heartbreak
Unwelcome on my tongue mingled with my salty tears

I won’t be able to break down the door
Or unlock the box your stuck in
Perhaps this time my part to play
Is the old lady fortune teller

Helping you along your way
Knowing that I understand
That the box can be broke
And the words will be there
When time comes in full and you’ve found your key

I hope there are words written down on a page that remember this connection called you and me.

But know as you go that that page will always be marked in a chapter of my book. I’ll keep those words safe as they are my own. My words about you, forever in my heart.