Little Conversations (Poem)

Let me stop these conversations in my head.

I want to experience what I encounter in the moment,

Not the narrative I’m running about it.

I’m not there yet in ability, however.

For now all I can do

Is change the tenor of my interior dialogue.

I am slowly replacing the critical words and sharp retorts

With pauses and kinder responses.

Equally hard, when I talk to another,

I endeavor to listen to them.

Not myself.

What filters we all have!