i’ll not take on the burden,
the responsibility,
the blame,
for how we are
together,
alone.
we ride together,
we drive together,
we face life together,
we decide together.
with each other,
for each other.
so,
no.
this isn’t a taxi.
you sit up front,
with me.
warm, inviting, kind
and yet
hiding
probing
interrogating while
observing
in front of and behind
that invisible two-way
mirror…
dancing near and
toward each
other,
holding still,
nearer,
holding,
nearer yet…
hoping
the other does
not back away.
both wondering
what patterns we may be repeating,
will this person accept me will they treat me as well as I’ll treat them will they treat me as well as i deserve will we enjoy each other’s company will they run away…
- How well do you know yourself?
- What are your core needs?
- Do you enjoy being by yourself as much as with others?
- What pattern(s) might I be repeating?
- What happens when you don't get your way?
- How do you handle it?
- What is your joy?
- How do you relate to the world?
- Process it?
- And interface?
- What would break your heart?
- How does someone learn about you?
- get to know you?
- Connect with you?
- Deeply?
- What do you like to talk about?
- How do you experience the world?
- What is foreplay for you?
- What role does conversation play in your life?
- How deeply do you think?
- Feel?
- How critically do you think?
- Feel?
- How do you share of yourself?
- Do you? (share of yourself?)
- How many more questions can I get away with?
- How many more questions until I feel like I know you?
- How many more questions until I feel like you know me?
- How many more questions until I know myself?
Freedom?
What about the freedom to care?
Stretched to the limit,
frayed,
torn apart,
the courage to say no,
no, that is too much!
No, that is not acceptable!
No, that is not what I need.
The courage to say no opens up
the possibility,
the mental space,
the emotional wherewithal
to care.
Will we stand
and fight
for the freedom
to care?
