The shadow lit <br />is The Other fixed; <br />the Other outlined and defined <br />in our mind's soupy silhouette <br />mixed. <br /> <br />Other acts and reacts <br />runs away; <br />runs to and from me, <br />Other either way <br />is by us transfixed; <br /> <br /> <br />distance, close or far <br />loved or feared <br />Other exists <br />for all of us; <br /> <br />this Other friend, <br />that Other idea <br />this Other this <br />that Other that <br />shifts us <br />and shares <br />with you and I <br />this Universe. <br /> <br />Others live <br />Others die <br />Other me <br />Other it <br />is us <br /> <br />Other haunts, smiles, loves me <br />Other loves me not <br />Other is; <br /> <br />Conundrum: <br /> <br />How to breathe <br />Other <br />and Otherwise be me <br />yet fearlessly <br />be us.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-other-i/
