if pangaea never broke,
we'd never be too far from one another.
the shortest distance
between two people
would be whichever streets
they chose to walk.
instead of datelines
we'd cross timelines
our points intersecting,
merging and melding.
planes would be unnecessary,
for the country could be
would be
criss-crossed with train tracks
and highways.
if pangaea never broke
there'd be no water separating us anymore.
my land would be your land.
our languages would only be
a few dialects apart
meaning our native tongues
would make sense to one another.
we'd make sense to one another.
there's something nonsensical
about the way we are,
feeling as though a body of water
is enough to separate us all.
is enough to make us believe
that our wants and desires aren't the same.

if pangaea never broke
we'd see ourselves as the solitary race
we are.
we wouldn't think of it as
us and them.
but us. just us.
we'd never be too far from each other,
so we'd see the effects of our actions sooner.
like a wave across the continent.
if our countries were connected
our people would be connected
and even though we're all connected
right now
anyway
no one sees it that way
but they would
if pangaea never broke.