that beautiful somewhere

imported from facebook.

he followed the sun & she chased the stars
& in dreams they listened closely for the beginning of all things,
for that was where they knew they'd find each other.

an image just popped into my mind:
imagine a circle, a race track if you will,
do you see him, can you see her?
they're standing at one point of the circle,
with a glass wall between them stretching up to all eternity,
un-shatterable & un-climbable.

"but at least," they tell themselves,
they can see each other through the glass,
their eyes free to gaze upon the features of their beloved.
& if they close one eye and squint a little, they can pretend
the fractions of inches between their fingertips
are just the light playing tricks on them.
"we'll take what we can get," they think.

but little do they realize,
if only they were willing to walk apart from each other a little while,
if they could take those steps of faith,
they could find each other standing face to face
& then wrapped up in each others arms.

they could, with those meager miles,
& the temporary separation,
trade away those frustrating fractions,
that permanent distance.

i'll meet you there.