The elephant in the room

There's an elephant in the room.

It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it.

Yes we squeeze by with "How are you?" and "I am fine"..

And a thousand other forms of trivial chatter.

We talk about the weather.

We talk about school.

We talk about everthing else - except the elephant in the room.

There's an elephant in room.

We all know it is there.

We are thinking about the elepahnt as we talk together.

It is constantly on our minds.

For you see, it is a very big elephant.

But we do not talk about the elephant in the room.

Oh, please let's talk about the elephant in the room.

If we talk about the fact that I might die

Perhaps we can talk about how I am living.

Can't we talk about the elephant without you looking away?

For if we cannot, then you are leaving me

Alone... in a room... with an elephant

Terry Kettering