Small Talk
I see you
You're online
I say hi and wait
you say hi
There's some small talk
But I want to scream
I want to shake you
And yell in your face
To make you see me
So that you'll see
How much I'm hurting
How angry I am

But I can't do that
For you're not here
You are just words

I need something I can hold
I want to tell you what I feel
I need for you to be here
So I can unload my thoughts
So someone else can share my pain
So someone will listen
Let me cry on their shoulder,
While they hold me.

January 17, 2001 © 2001 Amber Blom. Special thanks to revjim for the title inspiration.