Raffi Wartanian: Between You And Me
Between Time and Space
Between You and Me
There is something
That cannot be explored
With words
Or silences perceived as meaningful
Or eyeballs looking deeply into eyeballs
Or hugs
Or smirks to diffuse a tension born of
Misunderstandings,
Neglect,
Fear,
Or target variables
Identified
As Determinants of Destiny.
There is something
That transcends Time and Space
You and Me
Planet Earth
Milky Way
That-planet-whose-name-I-dare-not-mention.
There is something
That weeps and laughs
And holds on with
Steel strands of hair
Against some odds
Perhaps all.
There is something
That shrinks 4 hours
Into 4 seconds
And burgeons the central nervous system
To stand up against
Chattering teeth –
Goosebumps –
Thoughts of warmth –
Logs popping.
That sets appetite
Into a four-bar phrase
That crescendos
With two dotted repeat symbols
That crescendos
With two dotted repeat symbols
Then, again,
Satisfaction just a distant wave
Appearing and fading
In a horizon
Where gushing oil
Smears a coarse fluid of non-being
Against the purplebluegreenyelloworange sky
Veiled with altocumuli
So fresh it looks like it’s been airbrushed
By some masterful, cosmic artist
Who we must believe
Possesses some sort of answer
Some sort of word
To express
That which is
Between Time and Space
Between You and Me.
By Raffi Wartanian
May 2010, New Jersey Turnpike
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