Hats Off

She came and everything subsided
She spoke and everything collided
Into nothing but the purest of silence
I am nothing but dumbfounded.

I thought I'd learned that lesson way back
But maybe, I'll just never get that
Feeling, like everything's pure
And like nothing bad will happen anymore

Like a bolt of light in a thunderstorm
Pull the pieces, it's already torn
It's easy to sit there, a still-life form
When she's there my whole life reforms.

And I am but a shifting shadow
Flitting amilessly away
From her when she
Glances off in my direction
And I don't know what to say......
Maybe let's sit down some time
Have lunch by the bay when I
Can pluck the courage up to be
A sentient being.

Or maybe not, I'll be sitting here
With my heart pounding in my ears
And life flashing by in years
And nothing's gonna change for me
But you....