Worlds Collide

I see, I watch
register with often checking out
a price to pay
never enough
for being alive
living in comfort
past the survival zone
the confusion when both ends meet
different realities collide
shared experiences across both
universal truths rarely count
different languages spoken
signs that signal, point to a past
or present
without a presence
of mind, what is felt
a shared moment
in a different time
what’s yours is not mine
parallel lives running
perspectives define
what comes out
the sum of all years captured now
the math likely off
cannot be expressed by a number
priceless value
roads crossed at an intersection
even for a fraction of a second
now separated again
to each their own
inequality, we’re all a witness
an equation to solve