What Draws Us Together by Harryette Mullen

When we come together, what shapes
the space around, defines the ground between us?
Which hand sketches the outline of a body?

If we are together, what gesture
completes the picture? Whose
perception fills in
missing lines, suggesting a profile?

If we stand together, must unity resolve
the multiplicity of our infinite fracture?
What proportion is each figure?

When we go together, what is the simple
form we make?
Who fits our edges snugly, composing a
whole?
Whose eye searches the landscape for a
focal point?

—Harryette Mullen