sitting across from you at the coffee shop, at the restaurant on the sofa on the bed a thousand things that could be said or is there does there need to be? you’re okay with silence you float in it happily whilst i drown, silently i need swimming lessons please teach me we’re here, but not really here, you’re somewhere else entirely and i’m changing the colour of the sky ignoring the predicted forecast even if it’s been right before it’s blue if i say it’s blue you’re looking at me but you’re not seeing me if you did you’d see the sunrise reflecting in my eyes your face has a golden glow that i put there every morning which exists until they close heaven has nothing you couldn’t give me even if you won’t i pretend i can’t hear the rain on the window if i think loud enough your heart will hear me and you’ll speak something reassuring something to make me l...