Disconnected Connection

We’re marionettes dangling from intertwining strings

Those strings sometimes collide, but never connect

I’ve tried for so long to tie us in knots

But you’ve tried for so long to untangle the mess

My strings sometimes soak in a melancholic substance

And after all these years, they’ve become withered and frail

                        Snapping when hurricanes blow and sweep connections away

Some days I withdraw my strings

            Hoping you will wonder where they went

                        But those days you find other strings

                                    And tie new knots for a stronger connection

If only my strings could withstand the hot, stormy days

            So they can connect on the cool, mild nights.