deflector

Im a colorless banner
Flown at half-mast
Im a vessel for
Last contact
Im a secondhand piano
Incapable of tune
Providing the score
For 'gone too soon'
Ill test the water
I wont dive right in
Thats too personal
Im too delicate
Ill test the water
I wont dive right in
Im not comfortable
I rarely am
Been a sideline voyeur, a conscientious deflector
Been an underpin for something better
Been a faulty poet, a personal arsonist
Been a last responder to my own self interest
Cold-shouldered by design
Sleeping in on borrowed time
Lets sing, just one more
Im a trapeze act missing contact
A long way down to the floor
Ill test the water
I wont dive right in
Thats too personal
Im too delicate
Ill test the water
I wont dive right in
Im not comfortable
I rarely am
Been a broken record, a conscientious deflector
Been a sounding board for an absent savior
Been a faulty poet, an ambivalent nihilist
A last responder to my own self interest
I wont dive right in
Im too delicate
I wont dive right in
Im too delicate
Ill test the water
I wont dive right in
Im not comfortable
I rarely am