Reticent - LANKS

Purse your lips and keep them there

You’re leaking secrets everywhere

Brown leather, zip locked bags

Careful when you’re in the crowds

You’re dripping paint on the label

Wipe your hands and leave the table

Your eyes are riding on a wave

Of bitterness and cheap champagne

They’re pointing at my heart

And shooting darts, that dig and weave

A holy arrow splitting seams

A prison vault that holds my dreams

That’s pumping blood into my limbs

The liquid life that carries me

Well crush me all you like

It won’t help you breathe

When you shoot me down

It doesn’t say anything ‘bout me

And equally

If I am reticent

And I construct with eloquence

Maybe I can can help you find your dreams?

This isn’t just for you

It’s a blessing here for me

Written in the stone, it’s a lesson here for me

This isn’t just for you

It’s a lesson here for me

Written in the stone so it’s, so it’s complete

I used to hide behind a wall

And chew upon the seeds

Never let them grow

And left them blackened in the weeds

Negativity

Circulate through me

Choking up my conscience with a charcoal elegy

Well crush me all you like

It won’t help you breathe

When you shoot me down

It doesn’t say anything ‘bout me

And equally

If I am reticent

And I construct with eloquence

Maybe I can can help you find your dreams?

This isn’t just for you

It’s a lesson here for me