Three Inches

You and I are at a distance now

One that makes my nerves twitch uncomfortably

And plagues me with nostalgia.

　

I can still see you standing before me

But that gap between us

Is large enough that a body may lie at rest there.

　

The average American male height measures

Five feet, ten inches

I'll bet my arms can't reach that far.

　

Yet here I stand

At a height of five foot seven.

　

I've considered having myself cloned

In hopes that my other self grows to the same height

And I may lie him down in that space that divides us.

　

All in the hopes that we may be closer

I'll cherish those three inches

For the possibilities they promise.