The trouble it seems <br />Is that two people who open their <br />Hearts also open the closet <br />The hidden sensitivities underneath <br />The daily conscience that lurks <br />Quietly waiting to spring out <br />Against the wakeful intention <br />Darkening the clear sky <br />Dangerously close to ruin <br />In a society untrained for deep <br />Emotions rendering expendable <br />Consequences tearing apart <br />The core of love destroying <br />Each other while defending <br />The past that has no business <br />Perpetrating reality like a ghost <br />Bringing fear insecurity even death <br />Into what was a hopeful union <br />Of those two hearts <br />Like children playing with matches <br />Unaware of the fuses that will ignite <br />The flames of death. <br /><br />Rick Elpers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-difficult-conversation/
