overdubbed

sometimes

my words

don’t match up

to what i think

like a badly dubbed

foreign movie

seen late at night

i struggle

and waver

hem

and haw

shifting from one foot

to another

awkwardly

and yet

when i write

the phrases come out
complete, and pure

in a wave of beauty

universally understood

if only the world

could slow down

for my words

give me a chance

to roll my brain

around my heart

then i could finally say

all the things i feel

that stir me inside

before you walk away

before the end of the day . . .

soundcloud version here: http://soundcloud.com/jamison99/overdubbed