Let's Talk

There are no more stories to tell each other,
no new stories to build together.
No conversation to begin or end
without raising your blood pressure.

Your consistent complaints helps me grow new skin
Each time it gets thicker, tougher, harder to cut through,
Invisible and invincible - an armor your words bang on and deflect
Shoots right back to where it hurts you the most.

Old wounds and bad bloods evolve,
Our tired old bodies call for ceasefire of duels,
Breakdowns and incessant tears produce no more heat for any makeup sex,
Just quiet turns towards two opposite corners of the mattress

Slowly moving into separate bedrooms,
Different work schedules, pick-ups, drop offs
and perhaps hopes for a calm, peaceful ending
and a smooth transition to a new beginning.