Space

there's this canyon between us.
it's pretty wide
and I'm not sure
if I've got the right tools on hand
for crossing.
I've got a coil of black rope,
a small boat,
and a flame.
I'd throw the rope,
that is,
if it had the grapple hook
for clawing into rocks.

A boat cannot sail across
a canyon made of air
and so I'd have to pray
for the rain of a thousand storms
to bring a flood
that would have carried Noah
past the emerald city
and right back home to Kansas.

I don't know
that what we had
is worth the trouble.

Maybe it's best to just light this flame
and wait for night to fall.
If you saw it shining
would that be enough to let you know
that I still care
even from across this great expanse?