juicy bits

distance (for vee)

there is an us hour,
time away from now
-- this almost year now --
and next week is our
beginning again

but these yesterdays,
broken weeks apart
-- no, i will not mourn them --
have brought me
certain clarity
nearness numbed completely

absence does not make
the heart grow fonder,
but neither does it cause
the same to wander,
and can it be
that we
are closer for the distance?