away, but never far

you can look at the moon as a circle
but there are no single sided lines
and that one has three

one towards you
one towards me
and the other,
away from everything

but it does not bisect

it is the shortest distance.
though, longer
than the meandering trail we're used to
wrapping ourselves into
when it's cold
and body heat is the best remedy

but baby
i will not be far
merely a finger away
when you trace our steps
across the kitchen floor
through the bedroom door
and behind the lids i kiss
before curling us into cutlery




wb