--claustrophelia--

you said you watched a sunset
and one who went up heard you
but you said you don’t always like sunsets
and only i heard you

then you said they make you sad
and another going up heard you
and you explained
sad, really sad
not meaning very sad, more sad,
or sad in a deeper way
just actually sad
and two people who went down heard parts of this

and i didn’t quite understand, but said ‘okay’
so you said
they’re just too big
i know there’s all these people
and yes i am that small
but i don’t like to see it

and no one was passing
as we sat facing each other, backs to the walls
on the same stair