I really am a much better person
than I make out to be
It’s just that it is so much work,
this obsessing about the
access of what is good
suppression of negatives
that are wholly unacceptable to others
(especially you and you)
it’s an unavoidable dichotomy,
dear-only-ones-
whom-I-desire-to-impress
and-wish-to-be-remembered-by
everyone else
will have been fooled,
and who cares anyway
but you have been there
my constants
harboring an innate intelligence
you refuse to flaunt
my only ask is that you
hold this message close.
on rainy nights place it under
your pillow
consider it my
thank you in advance
for all the grace
the slack cut
the humility served
