Deflating the Elephant
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Poem by: B.B. Hatt
Please. I have something on your mind.
Honestly, you have something on mine.
Don't. Ever. Lie to me.
Let your heart spill its contents,
The good, bad, the ugly.
We talk in stages.
You and me,
We and you,
Us and I.
We talk until we are all talked out,
Not because we are tired of talking.
We could go on forever this way,
Going deeper and deeper,
Knowing more and more,
As we speak under the yellow lights,
With blankets, and a chill,
Among the buttons, and the disks.
We have deflated the elephant,
You and I.
The one that was crowding the room,
Making it hard to breathe.
© Copyright 2017 B.B. Hatt. All rights reserved.
Comments
This was a really enjoyable read, and I especially enjoyed the 'you, I, us' part -- very effectively done!
Very nice, I like the unique rhythmical structure and the message of this poem!
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Thank you for reading Oleg! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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