Having told me you’ve had low energy
and decreased interest
in the things you used to enjoy
(reading, Canasta, sex),
I ask you,
because I believe we have enough rapport—
though how can one ever be certain—
Have you had thoughts of killing yourself?
You freeze for a moment,
a child exposed
for a lie she hasn’t told yet.
In the next, you sigh
and smile.
It is the smallest smile I have ever seen.
2 thoughts on “A Question”
Love this!
This is powerful…just a few lines with a quiet pace, you say so much. Thank you.