May 31 2007
Small Spaces
They say that it’s possible
To drown in an inch of water.
All it takes
Is for our mouths and noses
To remain under,
Unable to inhale fresh air,
Our hands and arms
Unable to lift our bodies
Out of that mere bit of liquid.
What was once life-giving is now death-dealing.
So,
If that tiny depth can bring my demise,
Then a similar petite width
Can bring about a horrible
Irreparable separation.
If my arms cannot extend
To heal the distance
And if my arms cannot reach
Past my body,
Then that mere inch
Can keep two people so far apart.
Small spaces can cause the deepest of rifts.
APN.
Copyright 05/27/2007
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:12
Remember that not all spaces are killers. It wasn’t the space or lack of space that caused the demise, nor was it really not being able to move or being able to be removed from the space that was the “demising” factor –but rather what was in the space.
While I am not one of those people that have needed “my space”, I have found that so many others almost seem to demand their personal space. The “do not enter into my bubble” kind of people… However, I have also found that even with “my space” people, if there is love in the spaces, if the people surrounding them are loving and giving, the space is not a void, but just simply that — a space. Perhaps a truly needful space.
The space doesn’t ever need to cause “the deepest of rifts”, not does it ever need to keep two people apart. Perhaps it truly can be simply “a space”. While you keep your life filled with love and warmth, the space will soon be warming and loving.
Does this make sense? I surely hope so. Having been involved with a “my space” person for over 30 years, especially with me not needing and much less not wanting space, I HAD to learn that space was not a “bad” thing. It would not keep two people apart, but made the time together right.