I’m not a words guy

When left to my natural state 

I’m a time guy 

I’m a doing things guy 

The trouble with words is though 

Without them life can feel very isolating

Without them other people can’t hear you 

And without them you’re left feeling alone 

Growing up I found myself in circumstances that no one had ever been in before 

Nobody else knew what it was like - because I was literally the first 

And so what to do with all of this sense isolation? 

As it turns out words are the tool that we have 

A laughably inadequate tool 

But as the saying goes - beggars can’t be choosers 

I walk an exceptionally imperfect path

Learning to hone this words thing

And spent most of my life reading people - not books

Until I realized that the real challenge is being able to integrate the two 

It’s being able to layer the words with the body language

And not only feel the tension as is dances its way through a conversation 

But read between the lines of that sparkle in your eye 

And the weight that you feel on your shoulders 

Words are a funny thing…  

Because just like that I’ve painted a picture with you

A picture where only you know the colours 

I just saw you - through this app on your phone 

You’ve read a bunch of words and joined me 

For a little Bob Ross in your mind this morning 

All while being left with a sense of connection to me

And you didn’t need to say a word 

I’d never been a words guy

Until I was