We talked for hours

We talked for hours
as friends.
We shared our lives.
I know how you hurt.
And how you dance around it.
You know my dreams
and how they disappoint.
You worry.
I worry.
You tell me your story.
I tell you mine.
We have led difficult lives.
Yet we have survived.
We mine the depths
For hope.
Not wanting to be alone
and so alone.
We stare at the table.
We look at each other.
We look for laughter.
We look for acceptance.
We find them.
We leave.
We slide back into our lives.