Knowledge
You told me to tell you something
You didn’t already know.
But I told you I’d told you everything.
You called me on that lie.
Opening yourself is to lose part of yourself
And I couldn’t understand how you expected it of me
When you’d build up your own defense
To shut me away.
We sat on the phone in silence
Static
9:10...9:20...
The rain just kept falling
My reflexion on the window downsed by the droplets
As we listened and waited
For the other to
Cave.
Drawing upon each others’ ragged breath.
Finally, I gave.
“I love you” I said, only to be plagued by silence
What a torturous rebuttal to offer
I thought I might cry
I thought I might die.
Then the silence was shattered.
“I said to tell me something I didn’t already know.”
You finally spoke.
I
shuddered.
Copyright © Skyler Bayer | Year Posted 2010
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