there is no "us"

there lives no "we"

there is just a you

and then

a me

i rim your world

circling

like a detached satellite

with no landing gear

i have no trick to breaking in

once I wanted in but no more

crazy lives in your world

selfish crazy

therein be you and yours - eternal

i am perpetually external

in things of you I am without

standing alone yet

standing

orbit

teri lyn smith

january 2, 2004