Musings From A Land Far Far Away

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A poem dedicated to those of us who live "too far away".

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At seventeen, her residential summer job was forty-five minutes away; the moon.
Forty minutes too far.
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Just like her town, ten minutes from the district high school;
five minutes too far;
Who’d travel such a distance?
Can you imagine a commute that long everyday?

She moved to another solar system for university -
two hours, fifty-five minutes too far.
She traversed the galaxy to go home on breaks;
a few journeyed by spaceship to visit her -
but a few only -

Like every time before.

Because it wasn’t about the distance -
it never was -
it was about the road.

For most people,
the road only went one way.

A few knew the road went two ways -
but only a few.

For most people,
she will always live too far away;
they'll never be able to get there.

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