Word Challenge # 44 [strangers]

[lost_cosmos]

its all easy
with paced good intentions
the same steps we take
even when the people we are with
are family
lovers
not strangers
lying in the same bed
of cut roses
in understanding
we still bleed on the thorns of it all

knowing
that climbing to the top
brings the despair
of morning dew
same dampness there was at the beginning
even with the strangers
you brought with you
still at hand
makes the shedding of them
no less empty
and holding onto them
no easier