Shadow Sister


You hear the shadow words,
I hear the other thing I mean;

You say the moon
when I thought the light
I spoke of was the sun.

“That isn’t what I said.”

    (And I was sure
    for I choose my words
    with calm deliberation).

But if I turn and greet my honesty
with welcome eyes, without suspicion,
and close the door on my magnificence,
turf out pride and bar the door to fear,
I see another light
in the shadow truths you speak.