Othered

Things that were once intriguing are now transparent,

and while I do not know when it was when I stopped thinking that way

and started thinking this way,

I know I cannot stomach much more

You believed me abrasive and opinionated,

and I believed you were wrong,

but if I opened up and told you that,

you would only say you were right

and that I was wrong

and then we would be right back here where we started

And then we would talk about what it meant 

to agree to disagree

and you would be as close to seeing it my way

as I was close to seeing it yours

You were right when you said I lived in the past

and maybe it was because we were nicer people then,

you and I,

or maybe it was because other people altogether

The truth is no one would remember us,

they would only recall what everyone recalls first and foremost,

the contention---