To as Opposed to With

When you talk to people you get to know them more than when you're just with them. ~ Manny Carneir0

Real talk — vocal, sure,
but email, texting, postal mail...
The earnest exchange of ideas,
one speaks, then the other,
without spending time thinking
and waiting for them to stop...
Communication between individuals
lets us understand who they are
and in doing that, we learn who we are...