In days of distancing,
my body still
leans in.
Even though the space
is not breached,
I bridge the gap.
Forgive me
as I wonder
about you
at the edge of your shell,
counting the rings,
rolling you over,
tapping your belly
with a stick.
It is no use to tone it down;
the desire is too strong in
the ease of shared moments
while this body
at this time
today, every cell tingling alive-
breathing easy!
For us all.
My reach is forming still
in the field where we meet
beyond any possible harm
except love, that destroyer,
uncompromised
by any contagion.
Bless my forward heart
and join me as soon as you are able;
I’ll still be here,
grinning like the fool,
waiting–ready lava
here to there
magma joy joining us.
Found we are in sameness
recognized
amplified
into motion
in these hands.
Life as Improv 
Grinning with you.
Couldn’t ask for better company. 🙂 Love as large as an ocean, larger!
Marga, it is hard to be so close and not touch. I lean in, too, my body doing what it does instinctively. I took my mother-in-law some Easter food and desserts yesterday, left it on the back steps where she could retrieve it after I’d gone. She stood at the screen door, watching. She wanted me to stay and talk, so I sat down on a chair on the patio and we chatted from a distance of six feet. A very different experience than ZOOMing with my mom and sisters. When I got up to leave, my arms flew out, as if to hug her. Hers had done the same. We hugged the empty air, both wanting what we could not risk. Great poem. 🙂
Our bodies know the truth, it seems to me, though meanwhile, I do feel some psychic reach is occurring into these gapping spaces. Maybe we can feel our way into that reach. (Sorry to go so woo:) So happy to know you are well and connecting with your loved ones. x m
Big love! I feel you!
Big big love to you across the illusory space! Want to meet later for a dance party release in the space between? xx! 🙂 m
subtle yet profound. thank you.
beautifully woven.
Thank you, K. So nice to meet you here!
Likewise 🙂
Is this what you and I have been doing for the past 30 years? Social distancing? It’s not the same as seeing you face to face. But somehow, I feel we’ve managed to close much of the distance by simply not minding the gap.
oh, i like that. we hover between worlds, it feels to me.