it can be surprising to learn that the person you cannot stand is loved just as much as yourself

some day someone may build sandcastles on Mars
send to Earth postcards
relax next to a Martian sea
topping up their tan, eating ice cream.

Time is short, and shorter still
age creeps up and stares you in the eye
and you know Mankind will move on
while you increasingly play catch up.

I
breathe
all day

and
my heart
beats

anything
else

would
be

a
lie