Twinned

To exist wholly in another, seamless, 
mirrored. Think of the hive, 

at each turn we find ourselves, not 
a version, not a replica, 
but our whole selves. Love, 

you claim, comes close to this, 
no space 

between your words, a hand 

over each other's heart. How do you live 
with this distance? I have you, she 
claims, or, I know you, 

but she can never say, I am you.