if you hear my silence it doesn’t mean I don’t want to talk
if you don’t see my footsteps it doesn’t mean I can’t walk
I know you can’t see thru these eyes of mine
but don’t let if fool you for I see just fine
my thoughts you cannot read nor outward do they go
so please don’t think that these thoughts I will never show
at times I just pause and think about some things
and give them a chance to simply spread their wings
I may ramble on here or there or my legs begin to shake
or my palms may get sweaty wetter than a lake
it means nothing bad and to this I will swear
so don’t take it the wrong way when my voice isn’t there
the words are running rampant all thru my mind
yet the right way to get them out I just can’t find
saying the right thing is not what all I want to do
but saying it at the right time when I do talk to you
its all in the timing but I guess we shall see
what words from my mouth do come when next you hear from me
so no matter what you may think just remember this
my silence won’t last long and your voice I do miss
-JOE GABLE