We are like the shore and sea
Running parallel but never one
Knowing that, yet not accepting defeat

For miles we run side by side
Distinguished by dichotomy
The grain and drop, the wet and dry

We share moments in time over and over again
The sunsets and dawn sky
The silence and seasons’ lives

Our love
A compromise, a challenge
A force to be reckoned and strength to be envied

Maria Yousuf