The Cost of Winning an Argument

And she used a metaphor:
“It feels like an empty room”
portending we might have to leave.
It is not a safe space,
conflict is crouching
at the door.

Sieged in a cold war.

Set the room aflame
wore army boots
crushed the eggshells
we cowered around.

Conflict sparked the match.
I won but lost,

I lost you.

Author's Note

Based on a real conversation. "It feels like an empty room" are words said by a past lover before we ended things.

Reviews

[JayG]

• And she used a metaphor: “It feels like an empty room”

So an unknown "she" in an unknown location, at an unknown time, used a metaphor for unknown reasons, to say that something unknown "feels like an empty room?"

Online poetry generator?

[Azakhiwe Dilinga]

Not at all