your words fall between us
a wall of miniature time-bombs
that don’t explode until I think
about them later, in silence
if you ever choose to listen you might find
there was never any counter-fire,
you might find that you can no longer hear
anything beyond the beat of your own heart
what might have begun for your own
protection is now a barrier projecting
negativity, and you are now trapped
behind a self-referential screen
© Claire Griffin 2016
screen : #introtopoetry : day 6 : enjambment
(this started life as 325 words and managed to edit to this 75 word version)
invisible necessity 
So succinctly phrased.. I understand! I can reflect upon my own situation. Thank you
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Thank you so much Carol – so touched that you can take meaning from this 🙂
Still some tweaking to do – but I’m pleased I focused on making my thoughts into a poem and cut 250 words of personal angst.
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Self-referential screen… very impactful. The whole poem speaks to me.
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Thanks Maggie 🙂 I really appreciate your comment.
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