What I Wanted You to Say

That's amazing and so are you
I'm so proud and you're zooming
Look what you've done when there's so much to do
You planted beauty and it's blooming

Behind your twitching face
In your desperate brain
Neurons were firing but it was the wrong train
Banalities to block my threat
I've gotten here and now I see
You aren't and that isn't
What I wanted you to say

Let's solve this problem together
I know just what to do
I'm dialing the fixer right now as we speak
We'll bail you out real soon

I share your vision and offer expertise
Better yet I will follow your lead
Let's build something garish and great
Be Julia to my Hearst, be my castle mate

I know exactly where you should go
It's a place where novels unfold
Here is the light and the space and the dough
No starting from scratch, we're gold

Behind your twitching face
In your desperate brain
Neurons were firing but it was the wrong train
Your promises like crumpled checks
I've gotten here and now I see
You aren't and that isn't
What I wanted you to say

(c) 2008 Alexandra Weber Morales