what brought you back:

was it your need for attention or affection ?

i’m looking for the simple answer.

spare me, i don’t have the attention for the extended version.

your eyes be telling all those things you don’t say out loud.

i know.

i know you too well.

you make it hard to believe:

in you.

in myself.

& if i didn’t believe you then,

i sure as hell don’t believe you now.

i think you’re looking in the wrong places.

looking for me in the wrong space & time.

you never say it to my face.

you can’t look me in the eyes.

i don’t got it.

& perhaps i never did get it.

but i think i get it now.

everything is different, but nothings changed.

i just write at higher stakes.