As far as memory.

drawing after Wang Zhi Jie.

 

I am as far as the deepest sky between clouds,

And you are as far as the deepest root and wound,

And I am as far as train at evening,

As far as whistle you can't hear or remember,

I am as far as the sleep of rivers

That stains the deepest sky between clouds,

You are as far as  invention,

And I am as far as memory,

 

I am as far as an infinite alphabet,

Made from yellow stars and ice,

And you are as far as sailor can see midnight,

When he's drunk and the moon is an empty cup,

You are as far as  invention,

And I am as far as  memory,

 

I am as far as the corners of a room,

Where no one has ever spoken,

As far as the lost four corners of the earth,

And you are as far as the space

between word and words,

As far as this room,

Where no words have been spoken,

You are as far as  invention,

And I am as far as  memory.

 

(From; Yellow stars and ice, Susan Stewart)