I was
lost
and you were there.
Standing upright,
uncertain and confident of the fact.
All of you were.
I was there when we first found one another.
Somewhere along the line we became you and I
in my mind.
All of you
and I.
We’re surprisingly similar
you and I
but the focus for me at the time was always on what made us different
what made us unique.
What I couldn’t find was what made us kin.
Connected by what other than us wanting to be so?
I want to say I know now
though I’ll never be certain without asking
which I’m afraid to do.
Will you think me the one that gone away
still lost.
I’ve grown
more confident of my uncertainty
much like all of us
that I know