sunglasses

i don't wear these glasses
for fashion's sake. I wear them
for me.
i wear them
because they make you look
at you.
and you don't really see me.

they give me a degree of freedom,
to be secret and public
simultaneously.

when i want to disappear
i can disappear behind these reflections.
reflections of you on me.

they are curtains for my mind,
i close these windows to my thoughts
and you are left hearing
only
my voice.

do you really know
what i am
saying?