Torn Into

closer to the other

further from the self

forming islands in the middle

a person finds a people

within the oceans of existence

a people finds a person

further from the self

we build our things together

alone into the existence

to be closer to each other

over and over

we come together 

to remember the self

again and again

how we do it better together

closer to the other

further from the self

how we feel the same thing alone

more intensely together

Author's Note