The Space Between

Poetry Issue #1

The Lovers by René Magritte. (Source: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79933)

In this space between us,

Between you and me, I see

Stories unfold and secrets bared,

And I see the words unsaid, lingering

On the gentle tips of our lips

And the space between them.

I see you see me see you,

In the 6-inch space held tightly

In our hands, warping time and space,

Yet hands remain unheld

And fingers untouched.

Two hearts in different places

Echoing across empty spaces,

Inching closer week by week,

Bit by bit, as words spill

From our wanting lips.

And as you let out your secrets

And I let out mine,

Godlessly I pray—

For distance to become touch.