Desert Dweller

Humans know each other

through tiny fractions of their lives

that happen to  intersect,

through tiny bits and pieces 

that are known in any way

to anybody else.

A strange justification for

living with friends, for marrying,

for sharing spaces and lives.

Proximity doesn’t make people

truly intimate, but it may reduce

our sensation of solitude.

We are a collection

of inert components,

the same stuff found in a pile of dirt;

inert components somehow

magically infused with life force

and self-awareness.

Energetic beings

invisibly connected 

in the unconscious universe. 

© 2025 Bruno Talerico 

Stafford challenge day 40/365.