You asked me
to stop shivering
"it's not that cold"
you told me. you said.
but there are lines
that are dividing
too much of what
we want to be
and there are smiles
too empty to be
faked over phone lines
and it gets tiring to
try so hard all the time
and it gets tiring
to keep up conversation
and it gets painful
to hurt over the only
thing that will make
it all okay. this time.