don’t dissuade me to stay and chat
when i know that crowds provide the best curtains
for solitude to be served in a coffee cup
i am worried that every time
i have sat and decided to chat
time stood still but breeze decided to run amock
and took away all my plans for being a pensive recluse
i have been bruised by the attention
of many who
wished to swallow my pain
but then every time one allows to be dissolved a bit
burden of memories encumbers one with reciprocities
i am trying to become insoluble
before the acid of your gaze has its way