Twoness

Twoness is togetherness, as one and the same
Two close bound by purpose -
or, that which bears witness spent, only in name.

Twoness is againstness, foes locked as in game;
Push met with push in infernal embrace,
anger and violence most inhumane.

Twoness that sees oneness mourns loss of love's flame,
A face transfixed by brooding memory
In tight-drawn rictus of exquisite pain.

Twoness, seeing threeness, must want it explained
How three's complexity could ever permit
Any bond or pact to fast remain.

Twoness is but manyness, as viewed through a pane
Whose rigid frame blocks perception
Of truths innumerable as drops of rain.