Sometimes rules
prevent us from saying
what we want to say.
Here is a way to say them
while pretending not to:
I don’t ever think of you
when I’m away.
I don’t hope to see you
on my morning swim.
Not every red car is yours.
Some belong to other people.
When I see two chairs
backed up against each other
I don’t imagine
you behind me.
I don’t wonder
what you’re wearing
or reading
when we’re apart.
I don’t recall the light
in the bathroom at dusk
when you followed me.
I never consider
the way you prop
yourself up
or what we talk about
in bed because
when I’m not with you
you’re completely
out of my mind.
From: https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/karen-van-dyck/
Date: 2019
By: Karen Van Dyck (1961- )
From Troubles of The World 