touching the sun

when she was younger
(it seems)
and sad, lonely,
I'd point out the sun in the sky

and explain that if we both
put our finger on the sun
where it was in the sky
she’d be close to me

because after all
when we were miles apart
we could still see
the same sun

and if we both
had our fingers on the sun
didn’t it follow
that we were only millimetres apart?

because after all
when we were miles apart
we would still be touching
the same sun...