WORDCHASM

i drove you there
not to this point
but to this place
she sat across from us
two scared men
asking those questions diligently
ticking them off one by one
i sat beside you
taking in your breath
equally proud and hesitant
are you?
did you?
have you?
how long?
Liquorpillscocainepotxtobacco?
finally
asked who i am to you
and you said “family”
s’funny how significant a blank space can become when it is [...]

It was sixty-nine hours of pretending
there were sixty-nine minutes posing as truth
allowing sixty-nine moments of us
leaving sixty-nine times we said and unsaid everything and nothing
……….. a clandestine pair checking only one luggage
understanding the full meaning of terminal
carefully upholding our guises and half truths
not standing toooo close
aware of the length of each gaze
keeping the conversation hushed
but [...]