Span

The distance between blank page and song
measured in tea leaves
in bar spoons
in gasps of recognition.
The distance between toddlerhood and this book-lined study
a scant 3.8 miles.
The distance between honesty and the flavor of the moment
a lifetime of albatross.
The distance missing.
Yes.
The distance honored.
Only in dreams.
Today's steps: 15,417
so far.
Keep a cautious distance.
Disregard the others, the tension in the cables.
Then, the distance in your rear-view mirror:
an adolescence
an intermission
a circumnavigation
a heaving wake.
Incalculable.
Rearrange it.
Snap.