if my body weighs like a thought
then the distance between us
would not matter
for thoughts travel in
lightning speed
and thoughts and imagination
flex in every direction you wish.
so if i were a thought
then i could reach you where you are.
but my body is laden
with earth and water
that i could only trudge
ever so slow
and now i grieve and weep
with tears and soot
thinking, "if only..."