Two separate shipwrecks in the sea,

One is you, and one is me.

We both wind up drifting 

To the same desert isle,

And it takes a while

But we finally discover one another.

And after the initial pleasantries,

We begin discussion on how we came to be here,

The various and sundries

Of the maladies therein,

And it takes awhile,

But we come to see

How truly similar we may be.

I was abandoned as a child.

You were neglected,

Left in a file labeled no good.

We both had to learn 

From an early age to survive,

And our skills in that vein

Were disappearance, dissociation,

Seeking approval, amalgamation

With our enemies

To the extreme point that we

Abandoned our true selves,

And it took awhile,

But that came to be

The only home we knew.

And now we sit,

Right here together,

So far apart from everything, 

And yet more far apart than ever

From one another,

And don’t know what to do.

Maybe it will take awhile,

But I have hope

That the scope of our disfunction 

Narrows every day,

As you love you,

And I love me,

And ‘neath these swaying palms,

Sharing these clams and coconut milk

Together,

Maybe we can find a way

To love one another, too.

And yes I know,

It may take a while.

I’m willing.

How bout you?

-jenn