You and I
Ingrid Barnes
in the first
chord there is the moment of recognition
we know each other
you and I
like a hand
slipping into an old glove
suddenly
from being two
they are one
perfectly fitting together, like two pieces of a puzzle
and looking down at my hand I wonder if it didn’t
always look this way.
looks right.
feels right.
we know each other
you and I
I know you.
I know
every beat
every note
every word
and you
you know me.
every wrench of my heart
every flip of my stomach
every twang of the strings
deep within me
we know each other
you and I
I know your secrets
and you mine.
I feel your passion
your pain
feel the tears and smiles and screams
expressed
supressed
within you.
and you know mine.
you were right there.
in my ear
in my heart.
when i
smiled
and screamed.
we will not tell anyone.
will not reveal
our shared emotion.
we know each other
you and I
we are made of the same fibre.
of emotion.
of passion.
of pain.
we know eachother
you and I
we are one and the same