i am trying i am trying trying not to let words just shake me off they would slip and be gone just like minnows just a silvery flash in the shadows and i d be blank like an unlit street sign on the bank just waiting on my line words would go and then i d be sitting right here on your floor loving everything i see and no way to tell you what to look for then i d forget or have i already forgotten all that i love as all the strings that pull me start to tauten i am trying for what i cannot place i am trying for some kind of grace