Parallel

for my friend Tiffany Bridgman

We are alone but alone together
Suns of our parallel solar systems
Seeing each other as though through a glass
But seeing each other nevertheless
Regarding each other respectfully
Where wariness is taken for respect
Since nobody ever knew what that meant

We are alone but we wonder whether
While our flowers fade as we clutch their stems
And stand on parallel peaks with a pass
Between us we have learned is bottomless
To reach across this space of you and me
Where we are not suns but only reflect
As moons do a light both borrowed and lent

+Steven Curtis Lance



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