A Gap

The gap between you and your brother is not one of space between two separate bodies.

  And this but seems to be dividing off your separate minds.

It is the symbol of a promise made to meet when you prefer, and separate till you and he elect to meet again.

And then your bodies seem to get in touch, and thereby signify a meeting place to join.

But always is it possible for you and him to go your separate ways.

Conditional upon the "right" to separate will you and he agree to meet from time to time, and keep apart in intervals of separation, which do protect you from the "sacrifice" of love.

The body saves you, for it gets away from total sacrifice and gives to you the time in which to build again your separate self, which you truly believe diminishes as you and your brother meet.