Before the homogenization of coffee
through Grandes and Talls
When there were dreams
Before cell phones and Facetimes
Before the distance of life
And family calendars
Before your secret calls to loves past
In Nepal, worlds away from you
There was a night
Where the hope in my heart was so vast
And miles between so far
And stoned hut views so foreign
Where I looked up
Through the silhouette of Rhododendrons
Past the deep indigo sky
Over the glowing Annapurnas
To the electric blue moon
I dissolved
12 hours ahead
Where you sat
Looking at the night sky
Time is not linear
It was then, but instantly it is now
All at once
30 years past tense
30 years present tense
Past present
Present past
The space between our room
And the living room downstairs
Now an impassable crevasse
The crack quickly widening
The distance of the Himalayas
A closer more comfortable trek
Do you notice the moon anymore
When you are home?
I’ve been catching glimpses lately
And tonight in our room
I look out the window
Past the silhouette of pines and cedars
Surrounded by the deep indigo sky
And I watch the moon rise
and couldn’t feel farther away from you
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