The Couple Among Us

When I walk 

up to The Couple 

I see She’s about 

to cry Her 

moonlight-on-

mossy-shoreline 

eyes are wet

We walk into 

the bar and 

greet the others

Without words

we all know 

that The 

Couple among 

us Is fighting 

again we know 

they are masking 

their pain now

I hold myself 

tense and time 

expands between 

words Sentences 

start to get 

crowded by 

glossy bubbles 

that grow Foreboding 

and I let my eyes 

glaze over while 

I wait to see if they’ll 

pop I travel to a 

different mind 

door and peek 

inside It’s me 

and her in there 

looking retrospect-

Fully at the way 

January 14 2025 

shimmers in 

the distance We 

remember when it 

was hard to be 

The Couple And 

when it was 

hard to be the 

ones among