Breathing like a child
Simple is the motion
All the world is―
―still.
"If I didn't know better."
He stops her―
―"But you do."
She is silent.
"If you could just listen
for one damn second,
maybe you could hear me."
"It's not my fault if you
can't speak understandably."
What he really means is
'I find your irritation
funny'
and he takes what he can get.
He doesn't laugh much―
―anymore.
The motion are still simple
―clocks and wind and breathing
arms swinging and lips turned
up or down and it doesn't matter―
But things mean more these days.
Simple motions carry the weight
Of the song and dance from before
―before; when things were complicated
and simple―
It really takes too long to explain.
But they were happy―
―in this moment.
And hoped for all the moments afterward
that those simple motions
would continue to mean the world
Heart beating like a child
Thoughtless is the motion
All the world is―
―still.