In too close
Too close to see the distance
Too close to appreciate the long view
Decades, years and months
That are only captured in the briefest
Of photographic or postcard moments
Places whose constant presence
Occasioned only a fleeting glance
Family, friends and lovers
Whose seven waves
Washed only once over your shore
As if in a time-lapse periodic table
Thoughts, ideas and dreams
That float without fulfilment
As stars across the nights milky way
