standing there watching you talk the words dripping from your mouth like water from a broken faucet i wait in earnest for you to say my name hope fills my heart every time you look me in the eyes but you always look away and you never say my name and it isn't until later when i'm all alone in my room sitting on my bed silence wrapping me up like a blanket that i look to my mirror and look my reflection in the eyes and i remember that i can say my own name and i've always said it better anyway