Shuffling feet

Fidgeting hands

Pursed lips

Tired eyes

Two people

One has everything to say

The other doesn’t know how to hear it

Her

Lingering pain

From years of being too much

She learned not to speak it

But her brain didn’t learn to not remind her

Him

Fearful of connection

Of feeling

So he hides his emotions in gin

And hopes laughter is enough

The silence that comforts him

Is killing her.