Electric Distance

The widening chasm
it opens its maw to swallow us whole
enlarging the gap
ensuring the distance

An electric field of separation
a physical distance
an emotional displacement
barriers insurmountable

Surely there are so many things that stand in our way
if money infinite
if time endless
then difficulties would not exist

But the rewards, worth the effort
despite the gap
the dejected feelings
and the realization of separation

Even this technology
that speeds these words along
though it helps on some days
it may hinder on another

Alas I know the temptations
to slide into something far less than useful
to just drift along and wait listlessly
instead of getting up and doing the work

But energies must be funneled
and much left to do on this earth
so one way or another, with a dash of patience
it becomes time to sit and muscle out our daily bread

But what, pray tell
is my time most useful?

To write such words for the joy of a few?
To shuffle about and travel the distance?

A time of invisibility
and unfortunate possibility

So march onward still
perhaps the dawn of the morrow shines of adventure