underestimated

You
don't
see
And I don't know how to show you
Or to tell you
Anything at all
Opening my mouth to speak
And those are strange words I hear
Whose origins I can't trace

You
don't
believe
Like I would want you to
And need you to
Just trust me
But you view me with amused civility
Humoring the poor lost girl
"Calm down, oh little one"

If only you knew

You spark me
When you turn away

May 2006