You Lead, I Follow

Together, you and I move. Through time and space, intertwined and isolate;
Atomizing and ionizing, moving into each other while the distance grows.

Like a pair of birds we fly; you lead, I follow.
Always close behind, but never quite there,
I soar wildly and erratic, staying the course as best as allowed.

Calling out to no avail, lost amongst the stars,
the sound of everything reverberates off of nothing.
In the infinite stretch, the meaningless loses importance.

I transcend the body and mind, slipping through the cosmos.
I'm alone here; adrift and at peace.

Your voice carries across through the shell that I thought I'd left behind,
crying out, calling for comfort and company.
Grounded once more, merged with the mortal coil too late, all that remains is an echo.
I spread my wings and take flight again,
in pursuit of nothing more than a vague dream and a distant desire.

Moving together separately; you lead, I follow.
Through time and space and the breakdown of everything,
'til the universe grinds itself to a halt and tears in two; you lead, I follow.