And that's when I heard the heart break.
Tell me, do you hear it?
There was fragility in its entirety
and now the entirety is on the floor

Silence
Breaks nothing
But intense dialogues
Between quarreling lovers
Between family members
Between friends

There's a caveat,
A cut in, if you will,
But I dare not speak of it here
No, I dare not speak of it here

Vial taste lurks in the back of my throat
An overwhelming sense of dread shadows my soul
Push it away, man up, do the right thing!
It's not about you

I
asked
if you
really
mean the
beautiful
things you
tell me.


*"Every word."