Distance

and just like that,

heartstrings are stretched

thousands of miles

this time from west to east.

experts say the tongue

is the strongest muscle in our bodies

but you and i know

that such a feat must go to the heart.

a strength that is fragile

in its own regard

delicate like a pane's frosty spiderweb

on Brooklyn mornings

but with a fire that burns as one might

during rush hour in downtown LA.

the promise of "soon"

keeps normalcy balancing

on our taught line of life

teetering, but upright.

teetering, but alive.