In the realm of the way we work,
I praise you, and you denounce me.
I compliment you, and you criticize me.
I respect you, but get no respect from you.
We reason together,
but get no where.
It is all give and take.
I do not know how to stop giving,
stop praising, stop complimenting, stop respecting.
I need to learn to start taking more,
start denouncing, start criticizing, start disrespecting.
I can only see the good in you.
You can never see the bad in anyone
but me.
Our hearts are heavy,
but we cannot lift them together
because you are holding too tightly to yours
and I have already let mine slip to the floor.
