Dear :::

I tried to communicate with you Bared out my soul on my lips and my emotions through my words Made plain my darkest, most embarrassing insecurities and needs Not withholding for a moment anything that put me at unease. I laid my doubts before you: my heart battered, bruised and broken Craving tender responses, and the gentle soothingness of your reassurance But words led to arguments, and arguments to distance As we traded accusations across like terpsichoreans in an impassioned dance Till suddenly I found myself lonely... and alone All because I had dared to dislodge emotional cornerstones So words no longer became the path to emancipating my emotions I swallowed up my feelings and let them simmer like a slow-brewing potion For if you cannot feel my pain, laid plain through my words Then perhaps you can perceive them in my Silence... #BlueRain 2017