About That Thing

Sometimes when I'm with you I close my eyes

because you get too close to things -

or they seem to move towards us

boxing us in

and I don't want to panic

so I look away 

or close my eyes

I revel in the dark

and the ease of not seeing 

things get far too close

I worry too much

about things I can't control

and you

worry too little

about things that might not be

I'm not sitting where you're sitting

so everything looks different

closer

less spacious

and from your seat

the world is bigger

easier

and

I trust not

what I can't quite see

from my perspective

so

in these situations 

where you maneuver towards

big brick walls 

and

around 

giant blocks of steel

I close my eyes

because it's all too close

and getting closer

and in the dark behind my eyelids

the tilt shift perspective

is entirely gone

so sometimes when I'm with you

I close my eyes