When your habit
your normal course of action
doesn't hear me out
doesn't let me finish my sentence...
When I am shushed
if the question that matters to me
doesn't matter to you...
When I seek a better solution
for all of us
and my words
expressing ideas important to me
in language important to me
are shifted
to your words and language
or struck from the final deal
altogether...
When I strive to paint
together with you
a world with more variety
of color and line
and my colors and lines
are painted over
or are imperceptible
except to one who knows
just where to look for them...
When everything I offer is met with
Not here
Not now:
What do I do
with a lifetime
of the ends of sentences
jammed in my throat
and the wildly alive
Image of God
burning
here and now
in my chest?
dw
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