against the glass

"Glass Buildings"
[based upon a dream]

We live in two glass buildings
I in mine and you in yours
Standing adjacent by an empty road

They host false doors and windows ever-shut
We cannot leave our shells to meet
So we suffocate in our own spaces
Lovingly choking each other with our avatars

As we speak our voices echo upward
Through the solid liquid walls
And vibrate through the atmosphere
Reaching our ears as words with no timbre

I can almost see your smile
As it meanders through the moire
It's beautiful in a foreign way

Facing one another
We press our palms against the glass
Longing for them to touch
To impart the subtle warmth of skins
And I imagine holding you

We have fallen in love with our distortions
We want to escape escape but are trapped apart
So we live uneasily
Watching reflections of our hearts bounce off the walls
And go nowhere

And never having met
Somehow I miss you