A crack formed between us
A nick as we stared at each other,
Not noticing.
I talked to you, you drew away
Turning to other things on your side,
none of which you shared with me
Yet mine straddled the crevice between us
I called to you, you replied
But your back started to wax with the high tides,
Eroding the boggy soil we stood on
I watched the sand trickle down, but I pretended the
Crevice was still barely noticeable
I smiled at you, my smile barely covering my dissolving ruins
as your silence prevailed, and I was sinking into the soil.
Every day the cycle kept turning until gradually
the leap between us wore into a canyon
I screamed to you, but your silence and indifference overpowered my echo
Reverberating with the beds of fossil ancestors trapped
The sand was at my chin, and I let everything of mine
Stay on your side
But I was sinking, still sinking

As the sediment enveloped my nose, I flailed but
Something in my head
Snapped
Suddenly I’m not embedded anymore, I’m standing free,
Staring at your miniscule form and I will my soul to fly back to me
I’ve turned my back as well now, walking away strong
As the canyon prevails, bigger than ever
Filled with your screaming silence.

But is this all a misunderstanding?