you say my name carefully,
gently,
as though not to break it with
your tongue and teeth,
as though it is fragile, and
unfixable when broken

but i assure you that
you could say it like a dirty word
and it would still sound delicate;
i mean to tell you that the way you feel
is seen through the transparency
of your words

it hurts to tell you this, but
the way i feel about you
will not change with how carefully
you speak of me;
the way i feel about you
will not change

11/02/2004

Author's Note: i don't really like this because it's feelings from ages ago and it was sort of hard to resurrect them.

Posted on 11/03/2004
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