Arm’s Length
Eternal interloper in lives of known trajectory,
Peripheral, intangible
Far-edged voyeur of friendship’s face,
Inclining then retreating
Meagre home in worlds of others,
Families conjured by their own suns
Each space a restless pause; not yet arrived,
Visitor from unknown home
Travelling beside yet never with you,
Universal passenger
Fearfully incessant voice,
Arm’s length from everywhere
That place of jostling stillness,
Place of dense emptiness
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