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Blades of Grass S.D. Bassett I have decided,
It can be said
after 39 years,
we know each other
that we are not alike.
better than
It is pointless,
anyone else knows us.
and fruitless,
But what is that?
to compare the microfacets
We live our lives
of ourselves
never knowing anyone.
with each other.
We share thoughts,
We are two
ideas, emotions, bodies,
very different people
creating beautiful
with similar backgrounds,
little humans
aligned somewhat
who grow up
in our beliefs,
not knowing us,
but at the core,
nor we them.
we remain strangers confident
And life goes on.
we know each other because of longevity
Blades of grass
of relationship
dancing in the wind,
and superficial
reaching for the sky,
personality traits.
clinging to the earth.