Traffic Truth
you told your captive audience
how you drove her mad
chased her into traffic.
but your dramatics are blurring reality.
she was protecting herself
by walking and not driving.
she looked both ways, all ways
waited for the lights to change
paused for turning vehicles,
but that wasn't the story you told;
painting a crazy picture
with shady brushstrokes,
making/mocking a caricature of her pain.
I hope your audience believes
you are THAT loved by her
that she would rather die than lose you.
does your storytelling make you a martyr?
or just a thief of the truth?
January 27, 2006