You can’t tell me
I can’t ask you
For fear that
We will break us
Into a thousand pieces
Somehow
We’ve created a safe place
A space where we exist

I can hear your hurt
Through the words that haven’t been said
The heavy silences
The unspoken truths
The hesitation

Both unwilling to let go
Knowing, fearful, aware
Of what this could be
Recognition of souls
Who have known each other
In countless lifetimes
A sense of belonging created
Effortlessly
We watch each other
Hesitating….
Ties with others before and during all this, slowly ending,
After the storms within subside

Dare we rewrite this story ?

 

Sashikala Premawardhane

7th March 2020

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