Banging Heads in Contention*

August 95

If we had reached the same conclusions

When first we met

Instead of banging foreheads in contention

We might never have found the need

To explore our minds

To touch each other’s spirits

To talk the clock around and around again

Learning each other’s soul.

Pitted against each other

Digging in

We learned so much more

About the need

To be closer

And share the years

As friends.