funny, this expectation
this surprise.
why on earth
what made you think
you were the first one?
that you to me
are the first speaker
and i the first listener
in this little-large world of ours?
there have been others, you know
we each have lived our own lives
before this sudden together
there are histories to consider
moments watching
hours witnessing another
fudge and shift
and squirm in their seat
piling up half-truths, barefacedly
until they amounted to lies.
so, why this surprise?
why this annoyance, frustration
this sudden sulking at my silence
my lack of faith
in the words spoken
in these first creation days
of you and me and us?
why the accusation of reflex scrutiny
born of sentences heard
turned over once, twice
and, too often, found wanting?
i ask only for patience
while i practice mine
until you calm down
and find your way to words
that make sense
speaking of the you
you are
when you’ve brushed your teeth
and are bound for bed.
i ask only for ‘this was this
and that was that’
no maybe, could be, might have been, possibly
no ‘i didn’t know how to tell you
i didn’t know what to say’
speak, yes
explain, articulate
but truthfully
this is no virtual space
no hip little place
no bar, no party
no office, café
this is me
with you
in a first together
and what else is needed
than those words that speak of you
as you
living, being?
they are the ones worthy
to be listened to
answered
spoken.
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