Subliminal

You’re in my teeth

In the pauses when I breathe

Little ghost in every thought

Saying more than you ever talk

You’re so subliminal

Hiding in the minimal

Blink and you’re everywhere

Between each word

You’re there

You’re so subliminal

Under skin

Under syllables

I can’t name what you do to me

But it rewrites everything

You move in hints

Fold your meaning into prints

On receipts and window glass

In the jokes you let slip past

You’re so subliminal

Hiding in the minimal

Blink and you’re everywhere

Between each word

You’re there

You’re so subliminal

Under skin

Under syllables

I can’t name what you do to me

But it rewrites everything

Say it straight and I might run (run)

Curve it quiet and I come undone (undone)

Every silence

Says it louder than your lips

You’re so subliminal

Hiding in the minimal

Blink and you’re everywhere

Between each word

You’re there

You’re so subliminal

Under skin

Under syllables

I can’t name what you do to me

But it rewrites everything