that separate us.
Miles aren’t hurdles
for hearts incircles.
Distance is a measure

of the times
we get together.
It’s what keeps you safe –
the space

you put between us.

It’s growing bigger
by the day.
You hope it will
fade –

Maybe become
a memory.
Those are easier
to reach.

You think
and they are there.
Like this silence -
it’s everywhere