Please feel free to comment on [mine](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/8agfw5/ergonomics_of_two_souls_this_will_be_deleted_in/) as well!

This poem seeks to find the beauty in the shared concern for mutual wellbeing encountered at the crossroads.  The title of the poem is fitting.    
First Stanza:   Emphasis on trust and mutual destinations and desire for arrival.    
Second Stanza:  Creation of a machination which controls the exchange detailed in stanza one.    
Third Stanza:  Return to individualism.  It would be useful to juxtapose the feeling of the machine by reworking one of the lines to show your opinion on this.  Is it hideous to be individualistic?  Space to share your viewpoint is created here but in this version unused.    
Stanza Four:  Repetition of ideas from stanzas one and two.  If you choose to rework stanza three one could create further juxtaposition to emphasize the security of the return to the beautiful machine.


You've put a lot of thought into the poem. The reading is short and elegant. The 3rd stanza is my favorite. This is because the words work together well. The use of "one by one" sets the reading pace and ensures that not only is the idea put forth, but that most readers will think it in the same pace. Poetry like this, where its a scene instead of an idea,  is pleasant to read. Nice thought and creativity put into it. keep it up!

This ones definitely going to make me appreciate 4 way stops from now on. Really liked your style. I wouldn't change a thing, you accomplished with me what you set out to do with this poem. 

    There’s beauty in the four-way stop 
    Everyone has to trust everyone else
    We don’t know where they’re going,
    But we’re all going somewhere

    The machine churns on
    Built on an accepted order of things
    And the only way everyone gets through it
    Is with everyone else

    One by one, through the machine
    Until you’re out on the other side
    Driving on the open road
    Leaving the machine behind

    And the beauty of the four-way stop ends
    At least until next time
    When you go through it all again
    The beautiful machine

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