November 26, 2019

weights and measures

The density of the pause between the conversation in your mind and the one
in the room. The aperture separating an obstacle from a gift. The margin between
optimism and regret. The bridge from what was broken to what will be birthed
from brokenness. The unit of breath between “You're wrong” and “I’m sorry.” The rate
of resistance that transmutes love into loneliness. The width of floorboards 
between desire and courage. The volume of patience before the leap and after.
The milligrams of joy between snow and snowshoes. The thickness of falsehoods
until the truth. The fistfuls of hope after despair. The filaments of salt that presage tears.
The folds in the curtain between asleep and alive. The gravity of the hand you take
and the one you give.