I look at you...

and I wish I could see what you’re not saying.

You blink, I break

Read too deep into the way you hesitate

We talk, but all I hear

Is silence dressed in sound and fear

The lights are low, your thoughts are high

I trace the twitch behind your eye

If I could slip beneath your skin

Would I find the words you’re hiding in?

You feel far even when you’re near

Like we’re both ghosts holding mirrors

I wanna know, not just react

To feel you without looking back

I wish I was a mindreader

Cut through the static, see you clearer

Past all your practiced lines

Right to the tangled wires inside

I’d learn your storm, I’d hold the weather

I’d stop guessing, love you better

But all I’ve got are signs and sound

And we’re both lost, reaching out

You flinch when I ask what’s wrong

Like the question proves I don’t belong

But I’m just trying to decode

The language written in your tone

You say “I’m fine,” but your hands say “fight”

I miss the truth most every night

So I keep quiet, just like you

Maybe silence is what we both do

I see you scan my face for clues

But I’m just as lost as you

We’re whispering through hurricane

Trying not to sound insane

I wish I was a mindreader

Cut through the static, see you clearer

Past all your practiced lines

Right to the tangled wires inside

I’d learn your pain, I’d tune the tether

Sync my heart to beat with yours better

But all I’ve got are sighs and signs

We both misread every time

If I could dive in,

Would I drown or finally swim?

If we both tried

Could we turn guesswork into light?

I wish I was a mindreader

Draw your fears, erase the filter

Say the things you never said

Lay the map inside your head

I’d never hurt, I’d hold you steady

If knowing’s love, then I am ready

But for now I trace your frown

And hope I’m close... to finding out

I don’t need to read your mind...

Just let me stay while you try to speak it.