Continental Divide

sitting here
struggling
with
geography
 
reading
your verse
it is as if
you are here
 
sometimes
closer than here
 
(when it feels like
you are inside my head)  
 
frustratingly unable
to embrace
kiss
caress
 
in my mind
you are
cradled
in my arms
 
but
in my arms  
you are
not
 
wondering
what would it
be like
to meet
 
would we be
immiscible
like oil
and water
 
or  
 
would we blend
emulsified  
like an intricate
spicy sauce
 
as i sit here
struggling  
with
geography
 
i stroke
velvet fur
Matisse The Cat purrs
contentedly present
 
i’ll settle for that