poor communication poems

For a Change | Emily Hargrave

Don’t try to tell me
Everything is okay,
Minimize it like
It never happened,
Make some little joke
And move on
Without ever taking
The time to just listen
To what I’m saying.
It might be of some
Consequence,
Or something that
Really matters
For a change.

Whispering | Veronica Alvarez

hushed tones,
uncomfortable words shared
in secret, I don’t want
to hear about it any longer
make it go away
these unwelcome overtures
bringing nothing but
discomfort instead of joy,
the hours pass by
the whispering continues

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