Pretend Sunsets

I try to speak to you with silent signs

you act like you can’t hear my mind

you're driving me wild

wish I was a child again

I forget to breathe when I’m thinking about it

cause there’s still too much more to say

but I don’t have the words

I never do

I wrote a novel you can never read

so can I just leave now?

it’s too hard to see in the dark

It isn’t supposed to be like this

I never ever wanted to take a magic pill

kinda want to now

I could hide, couldn’t I?

it’s not like you could see me anyway

sometimes I forget you’re blind

colors don’t make sounds but you

are so good at pretending

you can see sunsets

turns out so am I

how am I still here after all this time?

I should have been long gone

convinced there’s a castle beyond that hill

but there’s no dragon in sight

wish there was

I act like I’m oblivious

and you believe me

and that’s the problem

isn’t it?

we both pretend we aren’t blind

and I act like I’m looking at you when you talk

so I’ve never told you I can’t see your face

any better than you can see mine

but I can read you like an open page

when you speak I can see your mind

and when you fall silent

I hear what you don't say

but you don’t know how I hate

pretend sunsets

you don’t know how I love you

in the darkness