distance

sometimes

the best thing in your life

is temporarily out of reach

  so what then, if anything,

  can be done about

  this cruel distance

I’ve taken a strong vow

of patience while this

incredible love takes root

  daydreaming like a gardener

  tending carefully to the soil,

  the weather, the weeds

sometimes

the best part of your life

is what’s yet to be 

  and if there’s anything that

  this distance does provide,

  its the room for love’s gentle 

  growth

(Mariyam D Arts on artpal.com)