Space

This space between us
laying in our bed tonight
is the distance of a thousand words
unsaid but hanging there as a wall.
It's the distance of a breath,
warm and soft to bring us close;
it's the distance of two hearts
breaking unable to reach out.

nov 12, 1995

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