Dying Slowly

You're smiling softy
and I'm dying slowly
never saying what's on my mind
always dancing about like this
invoking rituals I don't really like
and what good am I at interaction?
You're talking now
and words abandon me
I'd like so much to run inside
but, here I am, what's done is gone
the circular dance can lead nowhere
Future's fate is guided by the past, and still,
You're smiling softly
and I'm dying slowly