Three islands 

Each their own

Alone 

Together 

Never touching

Never connecting 

Marooned 

–

He

He has sharks circling his

Unable to pass them, unable to hunt them 

Haunted by his father, he only picks up one station

Through the static he can hear the taunts

He is going to make himself 

Bigger (than you)

Better (than him)

Stronger (than everyone)

Un-touchable 

–

She

She has her own subterranean biosphere 

Un-knowable to even herself 

Nor’easters ravage her shores 

She can never build

Never find shelter 

Every fire reduced to embers 

An unending cycle 

Build – Brace – Self Destruct 

Always looking out

Never looking in

She is her own 

Weather system 

–

And me

A collection 

Of both

A new island 

Formed in their image 

I have circled this island

Been deep below these shores

Looking for where 

My edges meet theirs 

And I have pawed at the seams 

Always digging deeper

Tracing the edges 

Following the ridges

Around caverns

Through trenches 

Running out of breath

Running out of time 

Desperate to dig us apart 

As above

So below 

But I can’t make it 

I can’t make it look on the surface 

How it is underneath here 

The dissonance reverberates 

In every breath 

With every heartbeat