Assume the Contrary

Relinquish that look in your eyes!

Let’s pretend neither of us have an inkling

We could just assume the contrary of what we know is true

We could perplex each other beyond the bounds of our denunciation

At what end will the swathe be lifted and the veracity revealed?

Surrender that look in your eyes!

Can we pretend no one else has a clue?

We could let their assumptions linger…

Until we are ready to expose the words we seldom speak.

That look in your eyes…

I need to look away.

So I can start looking at me

So I can stop looking to them

And only when I stop looking to them will you glimpse what I perceive in you.