Screen I & II

Screen I

I couldn’t see you 

behind the grey screen.

I knew you were there. 

Where else could you be?

But the glass keeps us apart. 

And it reflects my 

loneliness 

back at me, 

filtered, like a truth 

mouthed, but never spoken.

Screen II

The Japanese understand

the purpose of screens:

They are made by men, 

and so, have no true nature.

It was Man who found them one:

To keep us apart.

And they do it well, 

in cinemas and in wars,

in offices, and just now. 

Or can't you see it?