Fence

Across the chasm we speak
and love across the canyons.
Promises we can't keep,
-the uncomprehending companions.

Separate paths we walk
of values inviolable.
Running out of small talk
& commutualities desirable.

And silently we are pulled apart
-the forces of nature.
Turning into an echo of the past,
The uncanny familiar strangers.

Lonelier still I am now
with you in my life.
Haunted by the broken vows,
the helplessness & the strife.

As I reach across with my hands,
searching through the hurt,
but lonely there I stand,
Surrounded only by a shadow of us.