He & Me

by ST, 1981

He faces Life
as a force unknown--
his faith in God:
that he's left on his own--
pain and loneliness have taken their toll,
made barren the life, embittered the soul.

I faced Life
as one alone--
though friends had been,
they'd spent each their day, and then passed on--
I asked of Life more than a friend on loan,
longed for a heart to call my home.

He faced me
with the eternal question,
I challenged the course
of his direction,
but the empty room begged me come--
no longer me, no longer he . . . Nous sommes.