what is reflected
{deflected}
back to me
when i look up to you...
tiredness
disappointment
hunger
thirst
waiting and expecting
needing and wanting
reserved and hopeful
optimistic and cynical
a chatty introvert
{alice through the looking glass}
i wish i could read you
could know you
could see you
i wish i could accept you
in all your sum of parts,
your flawed inventory,
your backandforth story.
and yet
i make do with what you give me.