Of worlds and other things

I glance at you from across the room
How you move your hands while speaking
Chuckle when you think it’s exciting
The idea, can’t really hear what you’re saying

I sense the constant ticking you have
When you need something to do
As you skim through news on your phone
Or at some random thing you decide to look
The times you bite your nails
Or need to move your legs
The nervous glitches you have
As your brain hops from one thing to the next
When you get bored and do that silent sigh
Hoping the conversation to end
I see all that from the side of my eye
As you continue to pretend

I know they make an impression on you
The people, the things they say
You laugh them off like you don’t care
And then take them to bed

I see you in your million worlds
How you live in each of them
Days when one of those worlds get heavy on the others
Leaving you all obsessed

I watch as you live your stories
Tell tales from here and there
Of glorious highs and ruthless falls

Of how you lived through it all

Some days, I want to reach out to you

Hold your hand and walk you through

Tell you to breathe when you get restless

Match my heartbeat with yours
I could try to drift away from my world to one of yours
But my shackles are too strong to break
Some days, I really do want to swim across this space between us
But baby, we’re just light years away.