Faces Of An Unfamiliar Friend

I scan your face
your dark eyes
your lips
searching for a meaning, or a 
god.

I saw whole galaxies 
in that face
I saw kingdoms and forests and demons-
oh your demons-
and lovers and embraces and myself
reflected back.

But in a moment, I see
heartbreak and sorrows
I feel pain and devastation
and loneliness and rage and anxiety and-
an old comfort.

I scan a strange face
so familiar
yet not
searching for answer, or a
god.