Alone, but Together

Josh Goldstein

I sit at my desk

Book in hand,

Pen in the other,

And a paper beneath both my hands.

The light shines across my face

Making a necessary division that divides the

Togetherness

Of my face

The shadow shines the light of

My mood

Concentration, focus, determination

To do something different,

Something unique,

To add a bit of mystique,

And to bring it all

Together.

The world is shut around me for those couple of minutes

Until I hear someone

Calling me

So we can be

Together

For dinner.

And yet

Life takes a turn

I am outside,

Sun and breeze hitting my body.

I am on the bike

As the breeze smacks my face.

I am in a pack with my friends

Together

Yet

I am alone

And together

In the same exact moment.

That is teenage life

In my opinion,

Anyways.