I talk to you
my imagined reader
as if
you’re really there
and I’m not
talking to myself
but then I get
emotional
must be
self-love
because
until I really know
you’re really there
the sound of my own voice
lulls me with myself
and I’m still waiting

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I listen to you
my less than imagined speaker
and know
you’re there
and I’m not
Replying to myself
I feel no need to get
emotional
because
I really know
you’re really there
the words I read with their flow
Far from lull me ya know
and I relish in reading more
Just re-read your comment, and decided it deserves a reply, because it’s not often enough that one gets a reply in like manner from someone of like mind, so thank you thank you, it’s nice to know there are such people like you in the world to make it less intellectually lonely.
-G.