WE SKID

I

                Skid

                                Across

                                                This

                                                                World

We barely                                                              touch

So much is going on

                                                I miss so much

My eyes

                Slide

                                My brain cells

                                                Glide

Too much                                             I slip

                Energy                                   I skid

                                Too much                                             I fool

                                                To see                                    I kid

                                                                What is

                                                                                I guess

                                                                                                I make up

                                                                                                                The rest

Teeming energy

                I cannot see

                                From molecule to galaxy

                                                Attractive magnetism

                                                                Profound gravity

                                                                                Unseen

Flies from you to me

I

                Skid

                                Across

                                                This

                                                                World

We barely                                                              touch

So much is going on

                                                I miss so much

I

                Skid

                                Across

                                                This

                                                                World

We barely                                                              connect

I see                p  a  r  t  i  a  l  l  y

                                                But not what you expect

I hear your words

                I sense your touch

                                I feel the sun

                                                But not too much

                                                                I slide. I skid

I don’t see it all                                    I think. I see

                I don’t know your red                         I understand

                                I miss-see it all                                      Hazily

                                                With the words you said                    

                                                                I slide and skid

                                                                                I think I know

                                                                                                Just one percent

                                                                                                                Of your rainbow

I

                Skid

                                Across

                                                This

                                                                World

We barely                                                                                                                              connect

                                                My senses detect

                                                But what else would you expect?

                                                I miss so much

Opher 6.12.98