I can barely tolerate reality -

It’s too confining

Letting go can be seen

Holding hands with moving on

They’re connected like me and him;

Us & them

Which sentence, phrase,

String of words,

Series of

Vowels and consonants

Have the power to bring you

To your knees

Or make you shake violently,

Body racked with echoing sobs

What would destroy you

Completely

Which ones would pierce your carefully stitched-up

Heart of glass pieces

Would they make you spew poison

Or would you be okay with it

Maybe they wouldn't matter as much

As the person behind them

Maybe

You’ve already been

Cut open