Dirty Laundry Poem by Ibn Ali

You broke my heart when I thought I had no heart to break

What else is there to say

Once it's already said then words escape
 
They've fled
 
The truth detests a cage

You can't escape the rain

Change occurs in drops

You're drenched

You don't notice you're wet until you're soaked

And it's true

Sometimes inbetween the blinks you miss the flood

We're in upto our teeth

Everyone after you was settled for

A lie I told myself for my mind's health

And I'm no more the sane

But it's real

I feel you, like that presence in the dark

I feel you like a hand hovering above my nape

I'm sure there's something there

And it's close

You looked at me as if I could

And I looked at you like if you need me to I would

Our dirty laundry is more in need of washing than perfume