Daily Decisions

Words fall out of his mouth
Drip hot on to the
Ever
Thinning
Ice

My ears scream
Stop
I can’t take another story

But on words drone
Full paragraphs finally dwindle to sentences
Sentences to few phrases
Blessedly he stops.

I stand silent
To hold my place at the table of this relationship
I have options

OPTION ONE: Interrogation

Ask dangerous questions and demands for clarification

Requires strength of purpose
Clear-headedness
To fend off angry denial

And more lies

OPTION TWO: Acceptance

Nod and crack open a smile

Requires integration of the lies and facts
Belief in the strength of the full tapestry
To hold the warp and weave of the weak strands

Of more lies

OPTION THREE: Shutdown

Lick the lies off the thinning ice

Requires living on empty air
To dull the consciousness
To stifle the thoughts

And coast to the finish line
More dead than alive

More dead than alive