The Filament

There was this invisible thread
I know that’s so cliché really
But there it was, only perceivable in the right light
For me it was moonlight
For her it was sunlight
But oh how it shone
So bright everyone could see
Could see us, us together, us happy, us bonded and bound to one another
Us
 
We felt like it was strong, so strong
Like maybe if we went fishing it could reel in a shark
Not even the shark would see it coming
For me it felt like sturdy concrete
For her it felt like a sailor’s rope
Strong for me, flexible for her
It connected us, held us
Held us so close, begging us to think alike, talk alike, one
Us
 
We drove for miles on it
We swam oceans with it
We shifted sands with it
 
There was a day when it faltered
I know the day when everything changed
There we were face to face but the thread was broken
It lay in pieces at my feet
It lay in shreds at her feet
Our breathing came labored and intense
The connection was no longer there
In its place was ribbons of screams and rivers of tears, for
Us
 
We felt like it was no longer strong, not strong at all
It was severed and shattered as if it had been made of glass
Beautiful stained glass that once formed a picture
For me a picture of hope and strength
For her a picture of peace and promises
And oh how people adored it
These people were so angry when the beautiful thing broke
These people were so sad when they heard the news, of
Us
 
We stared for hours at it
We reached and touched it
We bled on the broken pieces of it
 
I took a piece and she took a piece
Maybe one day we can tie it to someone else’s piece
Glue it tight to another stained glass masterpiece
For me, my piece was sadness wrapped around her golden soul
For her, her piece was anger curled up inside my past
Hopefully we could look past them
Build something new
Build someone new of
Ourselves.