Faces

How many faces
are there?
Only a couple
wander through time.
Only two
faces
in all –
that’s her
that’s him —
you’ve forgotten
the originals
lost in
all these
reproductions
for so long
the earth
has died
beneath your feet
in your hands
a few faded prints
prototherian
people
you used to know
people you used to be
and be no more
one life
that’s all
two faces
somehow
that
is all
remember
how we walked naked
through the mud
in the rain
holding hands.
you know I don’t
then I do
You know I’m me
then I’m you.