What happened?

Like only the actual "what happened."

Not what you thought happened.

Not what you think they meant.

Not how you see the situation.

Not through your filters.

Or theirs.

Not through anything.

Just what happened.

What an alien that didn't know anything about you or them witnessed.

Just what happened.

The words.

That came out of one mouth.

And into another's ear.

Definitely not what you made it mean.

There is no "real" meaning.

No good.

No bad.

Just you.

Just us.

Just us making it mean something.

Without us, there is only a what happened.

There is the what happened.

And the meaning we tell ourselves about it.

That's it.

It's all open to interpretation.

Or not.

What happened?