Step

There is a deep connection
             beneath
                 the disconnect,
     yet we hardly even know
          who they are.
We can’t be a part
  of their days
            weeks
         or years, really.

Everything
     is lost
          from this far
       and overcoming              the distance
                  seems
                     impossible.

We step in
      step out
   as our lives blur by
          and we miss
             out on theirs
                    entirely.