1.
[you say]
I talk
As though
I’m empty.
I am not.
But silence is safer
Than the wrong words
And so I keep them in
And thoughts come out
As tears.
2.
[it seems]
You talk
As though
You know me.
And you do.
Your words, better than mine,
Mirror my heart
And so we keep digging
Until we come to
The truth.
3.
[I know]
We talk
As though
This is real.
And it is.
But the fairy tale is sweeter
Than the ever-after
And so we keep it up
And the two of us come out
Just fine.