tinted with relief
i see, you see
i know you so well
and, oh, please don’t bother
trying to defend yourself
by telling me
there is no confusion
i know just how it goes
when the feeling of need
from another
becomes the need to preserve
onself
to keep aflame one’s sanity
i know just how it goes
i know, you know
so please don’t bother
there is nothing to defend
not the need to break
over the loss of… oh, loss
nor the need to heal
the crack in your wholeness
keep your grief
i say
and your relief
i beg
grief and relief
grief and relief
the one does not breathe
without the other
