Turn around. <br />Don't show me your back, <br />Give me eye contact. <br />Stop staring at the ground. <br /> <br />You wanted me to be honest. <br />And honesty I've given. <br />You wanted me to give love complete. <br />I'm here to deliver, <br />Both bitter and sweet. <br /> <br />Don't shut me out! <br />Let me in. <br />Help me to understand. <br />What have I said... <br />For you to lower and shake your head? <br /> <br />If I am wrong, <br />Tell me now. <br />Open up and communicate. <br />Don't be like that. <br />I want to comprehend. <br />Don't give me a cold shoulder. <br />Over something I'm sure, <br />Wont happen again. <br />Can you for once not be so stubborn? <br />What did I say to offend? <br /> <br />Turn around. <br />Don't show me your back, <br />Give me eye contact. <br />Stop staring at the ground. <br /> <br />I was teasing when I said, <br />Your head is like cement! <br />But don't give me the silent treatment. <br />Or reason to initiate another argument. <br />Anything but that silence! <br />That silence you can prevent. <br />'Okay! Okay...you win! ' <br />Again! <br />For 'whatever' it was... <br />That started this 'nonsense' of yours, <br />To begin! <br /> <br />'Nonsense? <br />You spent my last twenty dollars, <br />On lottery tickets? <br />And you say that is 'NONSENSE? ' <br /> <br />YEAH! <br />But I won a hundred dollars. <br /> <br />'Why did you not say that in the first place? ' <br /> <br />Well... <br />You still have such a terrific behind. <br />And after all these years... <br />I took a moment or two, <br />Of my time to bide...and ponder!<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/after-all-these-years-2/
