The farther you walk
The closer you come.
‘Cause darling the earth’s round.
And you can only be a world away,
The diameter of the earth away.
Any farther and you’d be closer:
It’s a funny thing to say.
How far is a world away?
The distance when one’s away?
7,926.41 miles through the earth away:
12,450.76 miles on foot away.
A breath away:
The distance that dust floats, away.
The distance between black and grey, away:
The definition of a shade, away.
The tick of a clock away:
An eternity, away.
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Lilly, I love this poem. Very lovely figurative speech.
ReplyDeleteThanks dear :) my fav is the diameter (7,926.41 miles) versus half the circumference 12,450.76 mi) of the earth reference.
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