The shadow lit
is The Other fixed;
the Other outlined and defined
in our mind's soupy silhouette
mixed.
Other acts and reacts
runs away;
runs to and from me,
Other either way
is by us transfixed;
distance, close or far
loved or feared
Other exists
for all of us;
this Other friend,
that Other idea
this Other this
that Other that
shifts us
and shares
with you and I
this Universe.
Others live
Others die
Other me
Other it
is us
Other haunts, smiles, loves me
Other loves me not
Other is;
Conundrum:
How to breathe
Other
and Otherwise be me
yet fearlessly
be us.
Lonnie Hicks
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-other-i/
