.

you say you know 
everything 
as if you were there 
as if you lived and breathed 
the last 10 months
like i did
and sat down with his angry hurt eyes
or listened to her wounds
you shush me 
as if you've heard 
it all 
in its 
e n t i r e t y.
truth is, 
you don't know. 
how could you possibly know 
what it is like to drown 
when watching 
from the 
shore.