we had learned to survive.nto get past the accident.nwhen we both emerged alive,nwe heard “you share these lungs, now learn to breath.”nwhen we first came through the night,ndid you expect to come out all intertwined?nso messed up and mangled and unaligned?ni couldn’t see how we could come out any stronger,nbut we had learned to.nnwhen we first came through the night,nwe learned we’d have to divide,nbut I could tell, though I couldn’t understand why,nthe muscles you took for yours were also mine.nno I couldn’t see.nnand I’ve had friends for whom lonelinessnwas an unfulfilling, consuming monster.nan ever expanding void the size of the universe.nand I know first hand how it can feel,nwhen you’re torn wide open, those scars still bleeding,nit’s somewhere I once hoped I’d never have to go back to,nbut sometimes you have to,nso we have learned to.