A Bench in the Park
by Elizabeth Challinor
Living apart together
Living together apart
Living together together
Nothing
Satisfied her restless heart
Distance produced indifference
And bouts of neediness too
Let's stay together forever!
Proximity was cosy
And like swimming in a bowl of glue
So she took her heart to the park
and sat it down on a bench
What do you want to do?
A dog trotted past
Followed by a skipping child
and a man
slowly trailing a leash
Were they moving apart together?
Or moving together apart?
She turned to ask her heart
To find the eyes of her soul on the bench
Your heart has gone for a little walk
It's time for you and me
To talk
No words
An ocean
of scintillating space
A dance floor
In the cosmos
A beaming face
