Monday, January 16, 2023

"Eavesdropping" a poem



Eavesdropping

As we banter on
Chit-chatting about anything and everything
As birds often do,
Flitting about the branches
Hopping around on airy errent errands
I sometimes overhear
Our secret hearts
Conspring together
Beneath our words
Beyond our conscious intentions
Inaudible to all
Plans and purchases
Vows and dreams
A trysting trust
Which appals me now,
For never heard I
Such muted cadences before
With any other.

"Is this real?"
I wonder.
"Am I deceiving myself?"
Ama must know
For I know nothing.
Perhaps I'm just a fool?

"Trust is for fools," I told you.
"Yet, I trust you."
"That must make me your fool."
You smiled.
That was enough.
That was everything.

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