don't give you away

it goes like this,

I tell her.
this is my story.

she listens.
she folds her legs
one against the other.

puts her slender hand
upon her chin.
and looks away.

we all have a story,
she says.

there's a black bird
in the tree
beside the window.

i'm glad you told me
yours. I feel closer
to you now,
more than I've ever felt
before.

but keep it to yourself
from now
on.
be careful who you share
your heart with.

don't give all of you
away.