subtext

we met once awhile ago

I talked you listened

in a way after a fashion

you talked I listened

deeper than you could know

then you left and I remained

still I obsess as I obsess

turning each phrase into a symbol

each symbol into an icon

then tear them down once again

to reshape my words from rubble

as if what I said could matter

the I and you I thought we knew

met at a crossroad and parted