Behalf

It’s not about what you say
or how you say it—

words are powerful
they pierce, they shatter
yet words can seal,
try to heal—
chasms or cracks
solace in words
we often find

It’s not what you say
or how you say it

it’s the who.

Proxies promise proximity
but ravage relationships.

The choices we make

vanilla ice cream

Like group of bobbleheads

came men with vanilla sticks

wooing for her fair hand—

yet with eyes for none but one

she picked the outstanding,

preferring chocolate ice-cream