what is - is not so different.
if you and him passed each
other - neither would turn
to acknowledge the distance
each sighing at their self
directed fate. an academic
an engineer entering the same establishment
for another cup of coffee, another meet up
another day, another walk, a simple sip of
hope. one more call. the same emptiness
this is what was chosen out of fear of loss
of self - a confirmation that a vocation is
better than
an untried merger of minds and souls
