Life Lines

Life Lines, Part 1: Perpendicular Lives

do not compare your life to my pictures
I climbed a hundred mountains between
each take and fell from one hundred more
do not replace his face with yours, or
make a wish and wonder what if
I am but an image
on your screen a
gif in your mind a
stranger in real life

Life Lines, Part 2: Parallelism is a Choice

It turns out our lives were perpendicular, and
our hearts took the shortcuts we could never
what you're looking for cannot be found here.
or anywhere or in anyone but you it is a choice
and that is all. to love to die to self to live

(c) 2019 Michael Tannian