I’m hiding behind words
Silence is failing me tonight
Enigmatic phrases slip past my lips
Echoing in my half empty glass

The subtle subluxation of your thoughts
During these wasted nights
Tailing them relentlessly
Through the dark alleys of your mind

This awkward stasis
Where no one wants to be
First to bare it all
Loser takes the fall

This awkward placement
So close and so far part
So far from the finish
Yet nowhere near the start