Among the Broken Ones

17. Matchboxes, Rainbows, Distances

'Distance is nothing
if friendship is forever'
a blog I read this morning said.
Now I had divined the reason
why matchsticks are put
together, always united in a box
til each stick is picked away
to make fire.

This is possibly why
when someone is far away
we search for symbols
like stars
to make into constellations.
We like to put faith and hope
in things inevitable
for even the void
gets meaningful
when we are desperate
in leaving imprints
for those who will be left.

'When people are far away
with each other,
they should remember
that a rainbow stretches from
one place to another.'
the blog said this afternoon.

Even blogs understand
why now I see faith
in matchboxes,
rainbows,
and distances.