The Page

I live in a world that i cannot express

There’s a gap between us and it’s beautiful

worlds apart

There’s a freedom in the Page.

<You>.<Me>

I can’t make you see what I see.

I can’t make you understand what I may have glimpsed in the corners of my vision.

I can’t yet

I can use tricks

and words and sounds to describe.

A turn of phrase might get us closer

I can shape every letter.

The kerning, the _impact of space_ downbeat into your attention when direct signal is not the conveyance It needs.

Sure enough I can inject approximations

of approximations

and

reveal the colors of something

for a moment

i can

D E S I G N

something for us to wander alongside in the interim

to channel

a togetherBreath

an arcane focus (of sorts).

a direction to amble in —

our phatic note to phatic hope that

C:\Users\Me>ping 8.8.8.8

Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=114
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=114
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=114
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=114

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 7ms, Maximum = 28ms, Average = 12ms 

but

even when i use every word in the book — in all of the books — to try i can’t

make you.

and i can’t

ask you… either

because that tinkers with the thing.

(damn cat)

There exists

something between us that cannot be overcome.

And that’s okay.

as the space between us is gently filled with patience unceasing

~ especially when it isn’t

all things unhurried

and if the ulled eyes of the infinite Us’s are upon Ours

all the better

for it’s a chance to find it

with n-tuples and empty space

to guide us

defining what binds

indirectly

and repels

perfectly

means that there is always more than what we started with.

i cry

There’s a freedom in the Page.

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