Fault Lines

When something breaks,
if it matters enough,
we’ll try to fix it.

So, if there is something
that just doesn't feel right,
something that keeps coming back
to cause us to disagree,
don’t you think we should try
to figure out what the problem is
before it totally breaks our hearts
and becomes unfixable?

I guess it all depends
on how dearly we cherish
what we have.

For if either of us only finds
recriminations, reasons why
the other is wrong and
we don’t try to find SOMETHING
that is RIGHT and POSITIVE
to focus on,
soon all that ‘fault(line)-finding’
will show ALL the cracks
in the foundation
of our relationship and
we will be overwhelmed
by the immensity of repairing
what should have been ‘patched’
long ago.

When I turn away and
don’t say another word,
it probably means
that another fragile thread
of my caring for you
has withered and
if I cannot find some balm,
something to bring it back,
it may completely
cease to exist, and
I just won’t care anymore.