staring contest

face to face

inevitably doing this to

kill time doing this to

find a place outside the moment to

reside doing this to bend the

will of a foe doing this to

see into another equally

coming to the conclusion that

there is absolutely nothing else

there back in the depths of the

dead eyes doing this in parallel

torture doing this to survive the

extent of what’s left doing this

to the edge of the void doing this

to analyze the commonalities

between the both of us doing this

to trace the differences so

wondrous so beautiful so chaotic

doing this to surf the wave of

indifference doing this to kill

away another minute doing

this to provide sustenance in

a world full of nothing.