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Don't Speak
I'm sitting here with you on this big comfy bed
Wrapped up, tangled up, embraced in your arms
Feeling your warmth and heart beating up against my body
I sit my hands on your shoulders and look into your eyes as mine fill up with tears
I look away and lose your gaze
But only for a moment...
You turn my face and fix it onto yours and wipe off my wet cheeks
You smile that smile that captivates me though I know I should not let it
Because everyone tells me that you're just trying to keep me holding on for dear life
waiting...
I begin to speak a bit to fast and once again you stop me
You press your finger to my lips and then you proceed to shush me
Don't speak, just listen
You tell me exactly how you feel and it breaks my heart in two
All I'm thinking at this point is how much you still have to prove
Holding my head in your hands as you hold me tightly against you
You try to say what I've longed to hear without ever actually saying it
But I tell you I want to hear it and I pry it out of you
Those three little words leave your lips so easily just like you'd said it for years
I don't say a word...I don't know what to say, but the one thing I couldn't hold back was tears
As I start to ask why now, why now do you tell me
You look into my eyes, yours looking full of emotion
Then you press your lips so softly right up against mine for the first time in years
Surprise and happiness fill me quickly because for once I felt like we were back at where we started
I walk you out to your car relentlessly but willing
You hug me so tight and kiss me one more time making it linger for what seems like forever
As we stand embraced you say for the third time, I love you and I finally respond
I love you too
And then you whisper...
Don't speak
