Baseless

one day the ground crumbles
the streets of stability split and

separate you

and me

and we stand at different poles

not tethered by power lines or sewage pipes and i feel

alone

despite the enormous sea

the enormous city engulfing me

and i wonder what the weather’s like on your side

and i wonder what i’m missing out on because i crossed over

and crossed back to what i once left behind

where are you? where are we?

across, over, around the bend?

lefts and rights that don’t lead to ends

lefts and rights that lead to nothing

they lead to nothing

nothing

Melani Grace Tiongson is a twenty-something Filipino-American writer based in New York. Although her aspirations lie in law and philanthropy, Melani has loved writing from a young age, and looks forward to seeing how her career goals will shape her future works.

Untitled from ‘Me Myself and I’ by Kamar Thomas

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