Shawn L. Bird

You can’t tell her anything
She doesn’t know
She sees through our masked words
To the heart’s glow.
She knows me better
Than anyone else
She knows me better
Than I know myself.
Though the strands have loosened
the bond is tight,
I still hear her voice call me
in the night
I feel her tears drenching
Her warm pillow
You can’t tell her anything
She doesn’t know.

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persona: Umed speaking of Jalila