Just in case...
"Shadow of past times..."
“Sweet Dreams”
Just in case…
I heard what you said when you did not realize I was listening
funny how you hugged me in front of the others
as if I was someone you held in high regard…
In case…
you are wondering
I really do not care any longer
just wish I would forget
No need to worry…
I will never tell
It was long ago
An attempt at fitting in
Have wondered…
from time to time
if the same ever happened to you
and how you handled it
Filed away in my cabinet…
thoughts and images
refuse any effort
I make to compartmentalize
I read your files…
you have them facebooked
so everyone can see
your likes
Your dislikes…
always makes me wonder
why you would have ever
friended me
Still I hear what you say when you do not realize I am listening…
for as hard as I try
I can’t erase the word
and its acronymic power
Perhaps…
You never gave it a second thought
felt vindicated
pulled yourself up by your bootstraps
An act…
so quick
mean-spirited
your modus operandi
After all this time…
I am still listening
even tried standing out in a storm
hoping the shock would blow these thoughts away
And yet…
there you are
still floating through my re-membranes
powerfully sinewy
Might as well have been yesterday…
when I heard what I heard
read what I read
became a prisoner
Just in case…
I heard what you said when you did not realize I was listening
Still…
I hear what you say when you do not realize I am listening
Hoping…
when you think of me
Mama Cass sang it best!
Seems only fair that you
- Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (with lyrics) - YouTube
One of the most beautiful songs that I know. Song is not my own! No copyright infringement intended.
