He was different for me
As he was different for you.
Commonalities far beyond
Shared blood; a shared ancestry
Stretching way back.
It’s looking forward that smacks me in the face,
No longer able to trace
His breath in the distance.
Knowing and feeling merge into one.
A gripping pain
That hurts.
A cobweb of empathy
Intertwines continents
As does a sense of uselessness.
What’s done is done,
The end of a run
Of a man.
Not understanding,
Not withstanding
The illogical logic,
That must have blinded him.
His head swallowing his heart whole,
Taking him away.