To observe is to see as clear
As an sunny summer day.
To listen for details constantly
Helps to hear what they don't say.
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To hold back words
From your own lips
And listen for others
Where poison drips.
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To understand relation
Between members of a group,
And listen for the track
As it plays in a loop.
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From happiness so light,
To an animosity dark.
A careless wandering fish,
To a prowling shark.
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To see the crack in the mask;
The twitch that jerks the eye.
To see aversion to direct contact;
All tell-tale signs of a lie.
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I have found that by hanging back,
You're less likely to burn.
I have found that the less you say,
The more you tend to learn.
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I try to watch every move,
And observe every action;
To never speak personally,
But to watch your own reaction.
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To anger some lash out,
To lies some tend to whine.
It doesn't matter what I see;
I'm learning, so I'm fine.
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Leave me to my perch right here
In a solitary corner of the room,
Watching others talk and talk,
Chatting to their own doom.
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Let me watch the emotion roar
As words are turned to knives.
Let me watch the insults grow,
Itching at the mind like hives.
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I'll watch as feelings change;
The effect is universal.
It all feels so predictable,
It's almost like a rehearsal.
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She spits, they hiss, all of them bite,
He moderates, but they ignore.
Back and forth nonstop, I tell you;
It's become quite the bore
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I learn from this, from their mistakes;
Learn how to start and prevent a riot.
The most valuable thing I learned, however,
Was how and when to be quiet.
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See, I think people talk too much
Without heed to what comes out.
This either leads to awkwardness
Or scratch, yowl, hiss, and shout.
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Glance at my silence,
Like a shadow passing by
Barely ever making a sound;
Makes you wonder: Why?
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Try it once, it's kind of fun
To see it all unfold;
It's educational to listen
Without speaking or being told.
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To hear the chimes of voices;
To listen as words rot;
To lean back and say nothing,
And hear many a thought.
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You think it strange I sit alone
And watch everything you do.
That's fine because, in the end,
I probably know more than you.
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