Misunderstanding

Claire McMahon
1 min readJun 25, 2020

4/20/17

They say communication is the key

to all healthy relationships,

and I agree.

How is it possible

that people can speak so easily and freely

without ever really communicating?

If you were familiar with my troubles,

and I with yours,

would we still be having this problem?

Or would you sympathize

instead of turning your back?

We continually hurt each other

without realizing it.

And then we go our separate ways

and hope for the entire problem to resolve itself.

But it won’t.

(Please tell me how you feel,

and I promise I’ll listen.)

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Claire McMahon

NY | Psychology student | Currently working on a novel called On the Way Back.