The Spaces Between

THE SPACES BETWEEN I am here and you are there Close in affection love and care We coexist in a larger sphere But I'm not there and you're not here Here I am and there thou art We come together then we part Separation means no less serene The parting makes a space between No man is an island the poet said So must we be continentally wed? Merged, united as one world nation No free-willed self determination This does not deny our essential coaction Nor say we live without attraction But each isle is distinct, individual, though We exist as in archipelago As with notes in a beautiful symphony No matter in what fine harmony The composer's key melody supreme Depends on the spaces that intervene That passing bell may not toll for me Yet I’d mourn the loss of thee, she or he You see though we're not an amalgamation We have the great gift: of communication Across all known spaces waves are flowing Linking furthest points of a universe growing We detect photons from distant galaxy Can we not treat in closer proximity So with hugs and Omm and kumbaya You may lose yourself in nirvana Praise oneness if you must by all mean I'll bless the spaces in between