We do not fit together
You and I
Like puzzle pieces
Many inches apart
Carefully manoeuvring
So that your contours do not face mine too painfully.

We do not fit together
Two forks in a road
That started so far back
Neither of us can remember the path
But we come so close to intersecting.

We do not fit together
A rolling sphere, a square
Hopping up on corners
Neither crushing nor piercing the other.

We do not fit together
But in maddening delicacy
Try our best
To lie side by side
Accept that we will never
Slide together; Slot A, Tab B
And take as much comfort as we can
In our astonishing similarities.