More Worries

"More Worries" is a poem by Matthew S. Breslau. It was first published on January 15th, 2018.

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You’ll say what I asked– A lost whisper in cyberspace. The message back won’t matter now, Nor will it ever again. Maybe it will live alone without a partner. You are challenging my every nerve– I will keep kind. In my heart that is how I would be normally, But Today you have made me wonder Whether you truly cried that night Or whether for an interstice, A crocodile possessed you. You screamed at me as though I had committed Murder– Yet all I asked Was for reassurance– A simple question, My words kinder than the morning sun. That, to you, Was inexcusable. I still hope Because that is who I am– But Please know that, In doing what you do to me, You create a gash inside me Deeper than the one on my arm. What kind of world do you want Where your friends cannot Express their worries Without creating more?