I told you so

I told you so...
Allow me to acknowledge & attend
& anticipate announcing answers alone again
about us. & you, yes you. I see you “checking in”
looking like a lost lounge lizard longing for light
secretly summonsing spotlights safely to the shadows

& I know your indifference is ignorance & you have yet to learn
try to take the task that was taught as a traveller & not tourist
surrender sometimes, serving simply as a sign of strength
command a confession re: our connection & the confusion it creates
so a story is spun & set to singular seasons, set to start, set to stop

maybe more is mapped & maybe we’ll meet once more
I admit my attention, at best absent, I acknowledge it all
I set you up for survival strength, safety & set you free
Here’s hoping you have the high highs, heartache & heal
Learn to love, learn to look for the lesson, learn to live