Connection: A Poem

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POEM BY PAYTON HOGAN.

We met up in the park when the lights 

On their posts were distant, and the moon

Hung above us in the sky

We sat in the dark, at times quiet and

Other times murmuring through the veil 

Of the night, letting our voices 

Be carried away by the wind

Such behaviour is ill advised — danger

May be lying in wait behind any tree,

Or inside any ditch, 

But it’s hard to feel any fear when it seems

The entire world is suspended in the air

As we sit on this bench, ice creams in hand,

Commemorating the end of a months long separation 

The distance between us and everything

Stretches as long as the breaks between heartbeats

That no longer rush; no longer alone

EDITORIAL NOTE: This article has been reuploaded and was originally published in 2020.