The Meanings Changed

From the first word that I said to the last

Some strange echo remains

Imprinted in the walls

Recorded in the vaults

We talked and tunneled through

But the meanings have all changed.

Because of all I said

You began to regard me as strange

Until with some relief

You suspended disbelief

I tried to tell the truth

But my meaning was all changed.

I saved one final word

To pay off this long sentence in spades

But what I thought I said

Was patently misread.

The spoken word

Is broken here

And in between the two of us

The meaning is all changed.