Pushing up against me,
the boundaries
of your reality.
I though I was out here
alone.
Now I find
that I am in the multitude.
How am I supposed to be to you?
Each of us inside,
but outside ourselves.
Nothing you do
makes any sense.
I am so far removed from you
and your mind.
I feel like we’re both
inside,
but outside.
Are we under a sky?
Or are we just exposed
to the radiation of the cosmos?
I feel your emotions
ebb and flow,
as alien to me
as my own.
I reach out a hand
to test this space.
I see the look on your face
is fear,
and hope,
and hurt,
and yearning to be
inside,
but outside.
I can’t see through your eyes.
Can’t touch me with your skin.
I only know
what you share,
but where does one begin
to explain the pain
of life alone,
when on this rock
we call home
there are billions of us.
What can we do to trust,
before we self destruct?
My feelings
are reflected in you.
The only way I can view
this life
is through my eyes.
Trying to find you
inside,
but outside.
DJR – 2023
