Urbanity

trying to pick up on what you saying

without feeling like carrying the weight

of your burdens  trying to read the

words of your encounters without

being emotionally touched by the pages

 trying to vicariously live through

your dying wishes without being held

responsible for your death trying

to go through the forest with you

without getting lost in the jungle

 trying to cope with your need to

get high without becoming addicted

to your lies trying to look through

your window without you feeling

violated  trying to comfort you

without you exploiting the affection

 trying to console you without

you prematurely jumping to conclusions

 trying to freshen up your makeup

without distorting the outlook of you

 trying to tell you something I never

told any one else before without

letting the secret out the bag

 trying to walk in your puddles

without getting these  feet wet

 trying to attend to you without

losing needed attention to myself

 trying to breathe life into you

without you taking breath from me

trying to show compassion without

being crushed for illustrating mercy

trying to do trying to don't trying to will trying to won't