Together Apart

When I laugh he frowns

when I frown he runs three miles

to tell me how his sweat sticks to

his body like dried up tears.

 

One day I told him

why don’t you build an orphanage

and keep me there alone

feeding me the best royal stuff

he said our house is the best orphanage,

when you stay alone

I roam around the world

when I stay alone

you reach out like Dido

in the storming world of fugitives.

 

This is our home

this is our conversation

this is our love

we are alone and together

we are in each other

but run everywhere

to find ourselves.