Your Words

The words you say
Fill the empty space between us,
An echo in my eyes
Dancing in the air
Just lingering there.
They don't say much
But they say enough
To make me 'see' you.
The you that you hide away
From the world.
The you that you think
I cannot see.
The you that you let
Off the hook time and again.
And for a moment
I get more than I expect
But not at all what I want.
So I sit and watch your words,
Lazily fall through the air
just as a lifeless leaf
Drifts downward.
And I let them fall to the floor,
Knowing that they yield
Only more questions
And very little answer
To the many musings of my mind
And the endless yearning of my heart.