Similarity in difference.

Similarity in difference.

Do you see me?

I can see you

Or is my impression,

A constructed reflection.

Do we believe what we want

To believe,

Until truth is revealed

As something we

Had the chance to know,

But squirreled away,

Put our trust

In its unearthing

At some future date,

So long passed

We forgot to remember.

And as a wanton stranger

It broke down the

Paper thin walls,

Trashed the fruits

Of our perception,

Turned them inside out

Emptied them into the gutter,

To drain away,

Leaving only a residue

Of remembrance.

The sweet spot

That lay hidden

Between the ragged layers

Of self protection,

Which had it grown

May have led

To greater recognition

Of the yearning

To understand

Our difference,

As a similarity.

Seeing the other in you

Clearer,

Without artifice,

As an imperfect wonder,

May have been

The truth that saved

The best in our

Self reflected world.