Those Three Words

And with those three words 
it shifted -
Chasm opened and 
We drifted

Spread apart 
by distance, time, and space 
perspectives lost, disconnected,
coming from a different place. 

In that moment, it struck 
like a blow to solar plexus.
 In that moment, recognition
returned me to the nexus. 

A gasp, a dehiscing -
Air escaped, expelled, forced out, 
score run up, spirit deflated. 
Stunned, the losing team in a rout.

To that muddied situation
those three words clearly spoken 
returned the altered status 
back to quo, shattered. We're Broken.

We drifted -
Chasm opened and
it shifted
And with those three words

Coming from the same place
perspectives synced, connected
by distance, time, and space
Pulled together

Returned me to the nexus
in that moment, recognition
like a blow to solar plexus
In that moment, it struck
 
 Stunned, the winning team in a rout
Score run up, spirit inflated
Heads held high, chests puffed out
A cheer, a healing

To that muddied situation
those three words clearly spoken 
returned the altered status 
back to quo, mended. We're unbroken. 

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