I will listen
I stopped to listen
and it was the first
time I truly heard
because this time it
it wasn’t just your
lips moving but I
heard every word
It cut me like a
knife and revealed
something very deep
for though we’d spoken
before your words
just hit the floor
I pretended I cared
said I was listening,
even sweared that I was
but as I walked away
I couldn’t recall one thing
you did say
How long would I of
gone on this way if there
hadn’t come that day
when my failure to
listen almost caused
you to permanently
walk away
So from now on I
promise not only to
hear but actually listen
and hold each word
dear so that the tears
you shed today
would no more
glisten your face
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