Discourse

How does one share a glass
With another who does not drink?
Who does not sip
And taste
The same notes that you taste
Who swallows the ocean
If only for its water
And cares not for the salt that christens it?
How does one share a roomful of air
With another who does not breathe?
Who will stand in proximity
Even touch their toes to yours
Their fingers to yours
Limbs encasing
But not extend their presence
Beyond the wall of lungs
And skin
And sweat
Refusing to release themselves
Into the same space
And take back a breath of otherness
Only to discover it no different?
How does one share a life
With another who does not
Will not
Cannot
Live?