Estrangement

All my years are coming

 

and going. People work hard

 

to explain love and physics 

 

when everything is just theory. 

 

The best trains come 

 

to save your life. 

 

No matter if they’re late or early

 

they are always on time. 

 

But time, like distance, 

 

possesses direction

 

not precision. Words 

 

like near and far exist

 

in a vague shelf of space

 

we will never find. 

 

Every night I take a shower.

 

My fingers wrinkling

 

turning soft as cherries. 

 

I stand there until I’m calm

 

almost dizzy. The farthest 

 

from the child of my body

 

and I want to sleep or cry.

 

I love many people

 

who will never change.