Already Said A Sonnet Poem by Daniel Brick

What we must say to each other
has already been said. Some of it
tumbled forth when least expected
and found a niche in our open hearts.
Other things lingered at the margins
of our conversations, sending out
delicate tendrils of affection
laced with appeals to our better
natures. And all of this indirection
created a platform of truth for us
from which we each look out into
an uncertain future. It is as if
each of us sheltered the other's fragile
self until our words made us happy and whole.