the worst part is when you weren't their enemy
but they accuse you of it anyway
and they try to finish your sentences for you.
they think you think as they would.
and they don't understand you loved and hated, shared and tried to make a life
at a close enough distance to respect the difference.
but you discovered that
the difference wasn't ever respected in the other direction.
and you get treated like a dog or a sheep far too many times to just let it all go.
and the only way to survive in their crazy world
is to never speak of this at all.
and they will wonder.
'the blank page'
what would they write on that page if I would read it, what do they really think of things.
and never tell them, never give them an answer to that. don't talk about what they steer towards.
change the conversation, modify the topics of discussion. refuse the farm and herding of your efforts and thoughts.
and when they feel threatened
that's not good enough either, which was total capitulation and acceptance of that which we can not change.
they get scared and demand
that if you don't condemn the same people who they false accuse
that you too are as bad as they are.
and who am I talking about?