Alternities Poem by Mhawi Rosero

You and I
Two irreconcilable universes
Spinning next to one another - once against each other
Amidst million other worlds

Then in a stroke of quasi-cosmic design
We meet again at a very crucial point of our journey
And in that singular moment, we clash again
However, this time, it's different

Towards the end, we meet again
At a single point where we could share each other's existence
Not out of enmity - we no longer belong to the opposite polarities

As if it were the natural course of things
To turn enemies into friends
To convert fiery fireworks into softened feelings
And fireflies into wishes

But then again those fleeting moments
are about to end very soon...

Time will come when those fireworks will evaporate into melancholic goodbyes
and those fireflies will just be another twinkling memory

And like parallel universes
It would take light-years before we could meet again
Uncertain where or when; it might in a entirely different galaxy

You and I
Two irreconcilable alternities
Spinning next to one another
Each belonging to separate realities