Coexist

Your loss does not need to war with my loss
as your pain does not need to war with my pain
but instead can enmesh and rub gently along together
the uncertainty of fingers of two hands entwined.
we can bind together these sheafs of existence
into a library of shared living
and together into the forward hurtle
and bumpy turbulence of days and weeks and years
just...be.

Erika Gill lives, writes and builds community in Denver, CO. She grew up primarily in Victorville, CA, which is notable only in being the filming location of The Hills Have Eyes. Her poetry may be found in birdy. Magazine, Angel City Review, and petrichor.