Texting

What can I say in such a space?
I have so much to share
I cannot read between the lines
The silence I can’t bear

You tell me this, I tell you that
But do we really hear it
Confusion rises as we chat
And tension tears right through it

What made us think that this could work
That we could share our feelings
With so few characters to use
No face to stop our reeling

The lesson that I hope we learned
The message worth receiving
Is that this way of conversation
Isn’t so revealing.

—LZ