Near but not close I still feel your presence Anxiety slowly corroding The inside of my chest Quietly, closely I see it unfolding Wither and die, unity laid to rest Forces pulling dragging apart Intangibly ripping the fabric of unity Forces pulling dragging apart Divisions divisions Bare and flaunted, mockingly My failures stare back at me Uneven stagnant, a pale evocation of magic lost A weakened fragment A veil of separation and dogmatic exhaust Forces pulling dragging apart Intangibly ripping the fabric of unity Forces pulling dragging apart Divisions divisions Forces pulling dragging apart Intangibly ripping the fabric of unity Forces pulling dragging apart Divisions divisions