Alone In A Togetherness Poem by RIC BASTASA

at one moment
i know what togetherness is
in an embrace
at night
recoiling and coiling
and curling
two bodies fusing as one
lovely

time has a way to
separate entwined beings
when things begin
to appear hazy
to the eye

you wake up
finding it hard to spell such
a simple word

as togetherness
it is there at the tip of your tongue
yet you cannot utter
even a single letter
you find yourself so alone
like a star that has
not faded with the others
at noontime

it is hot in that place like an over
making bread black
and not fit for human consumption

you stand by the door
look at the people passing by
guessing each name
the faces are sad
very much like yours.