it’s not a lack of trust
that keeps me from
sharing my sadness with you;
it is an abundance of shame.
i’m sorry that i don’t message you
when i can’t sleep anymore.
i’m sorry that i ever did
in the first place.
you ask me how my night was
and i don’t tell you that
i spent the majority of it
coming to terms with
waking up the next morning.
i tell you that i slept fine.
i hope you know
i want to tell you the truth.
i hope you know
i try to tell you in other ways.
-mars
Marguerite Duras, from The Easy Life
Text ID: I was no one, I had neither name nor face. Moving through August, I was: nothing.






