We rely on each other
and we let each other down
in small ways and in big ways
every day

We feel the crush of disappointment
but we keep on reaching out
because we think we have no choice.
Sometimes our efforts are rewarded,
if briefly

Our words and our intentions
go out like threads. They tangle,
they fall away. We try again
but often with the same results

We think we need each other
and we feel our need
is seldom satisfied.
We fall together unawakened
through the dream.

©Wendy Mulhern
December 17, 2018