minor chords

 

to not write about hands, or lips,
or faces. to not write about your touch.

to misunderstand the grass struggling
from under the snow.

to turn away.

to not explain the difference between you and I.
to not have the words.

breathing heavily, leaning over the sink,
not thinking, not about that
anymore -

sinking into bones,
eyes pressed into fists.

waiting for the army of voices
to kindly shut up.