I hear the humming,
                   But none of your words.
I smile and nod,
                                But inside you're crazy.

Stop showing
You love me
A little at a time.

Stop saying
You care
Bit by bit.

Stop keeping
Me here
For tiny pieces of time.

Because I need
All of you
Not piece by piece.

I love
All of you
Not just some parts of you.

So love all of me
All the way
All the time.

Or let all of me go
All at once
For good.

Awake at night--
the sound of the water jar
    cracking in the cold.