spaces

this is a poem about

                                absence.

this is how the space between lines

                                                      creates space.

space makes the poem

                                   longer, and

(hopefully)

                  deeper.

i miss you.

do you miss me?

    i miss you.

this is how you learn absence

                                             by missing.

this is how you learn abstinence

                                                 with longing

the breath

                  measured,

sometimes caught

                            in the throat,

stretched out

                     on the page.