One-Sided Conversations
you know those one-sided conversations…
you do all the talking and no one else
can get in a word or two…
someone else does all the talking
talk talk talk but where are you-
silent or hoping to say…
well perhaps uh-hu- hm-hm- you do…
even cherished words in holy books
can be one-sided conversations
repeated from a long distant past…
ancient words spoken and written
words translated words interpreted
words of histories and mythologies
made sacred and made to last…
some understandings rules rituals
traditions simply stuck in the past…
continuous one-sided conversations
repeated hypnotizing repetitions
words repeated in mind-body actions…
someone else does all the talking
talk talk talk but where are you-
a head full of someone’s words
even thinking their thoughts too…
or perhaps you do all the talking
your head so full of words streaming now
even God can’t get in a word or two-
that two-sided conversation now-
clear loving uplifting understandings…
words feelings experiences now
is impossible you say- crazy you say
repeating someone’s words of yesterday-
reliving the past even today…
listen…
March 11, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
Flowerpoet 
A strong word to end your poem on. 👍🏻
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