predicate

they walked the days
blindly
moving forward
predicated on the belief
that they were an us
instead, they were
an other
moved apart by entropy
and apathy
each argument
a wedge
each apology
a resentment
unacknowledged
undefined
but implacable
until the oceans
between them
became too stormy
to cross
and cross with each other
they left
for calmer seas