Wednesday, February 16, 2011

5:22 AM

Out of touch, adrift in the middle of the night.
The silent parking lot, darkened storefronts, and quiet stone of trodden sidewalk.
Noontime will be all aflutter, like bees in a hive.

The distances between me and you
Separate by degrees, minute-hands, calendar years, a decade plus.
The distances between my heart and yours
Nanometers of spirt, space between the electrons snug in a nucleus.

Lost in this web of non-connectedness
pondering the next steps toward a future
plodding through rocky trails, landmines, and obstacle courses.
Looking for the light, the sunny grove, avoiding the shadow and pitfalls.

A pair of birds sitting on the nightlines
singing out before the moon is bisected by wires
one bird flies, one birdsong continues

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