Distance.
Worst idea ever.
Who's the damned fool,
Who invented distance.
It's an idea that keeps us apart,
Even in our language we say,
"The distance between them..."
And then talk about
Miles, age, experience, hope, dreams, desires, expectations...
On out for,
Well...
Some indefinite and infinite distance of word and thought.
Then we poor humans are left
With the task,
The daily task,
Of "closing the distance"
Between us.
Between us.
That's the worst distance,
Because it cannot be crossed,
Or closed,
So easily,
Even if we say the magic word,
"Love".
For though noun, adjective, and verb,
Even if our "love" is,
Providing a philosophical bridge between
Between us;
Even if our "love" affair is real,
Love cannot move us across
Between the two, or more, opposing poles,
Of "distance" between us.
Distance.
Damned nuisance.
Donovan Baldwin