What does life look like now? You there who

used to call daily

we would chat and share things so deep it seemed

so rich.

What does life look like now? You there my friend

who has grown distant and away

not by fault please do not judge this a poem of loss and accusation

I know I stepped away, if not as much then maybe further

The line in the sand that came to exist without our intending,

it is alright. It is something I believe

we are meant to stand

between

When time allowed us together it was a blessing. It was a journey of walking rich with discovery.

It seemed lasting was what it was meant to do yet so quickly overnight there is that line…

I stand upon it there

is no need to pull my toes back

crossing it is no threat.

I simply though stand upon it in the end

I do not feel as if either of us must cross it

as much as take note, notice, know it

is there And in the end, is alright.

Look at us now, you there, me here, doing what we do in the world. So similar, so different. There is after

the line in the sand that has deepened between us…

but who’s to say, Christ himself didn’t draw it? Who’s to say it wasn’t written in the stars, before it came down and appeared in the sand between us? With

gentlest of touches it came Who’s to say, it is not meant to be?