Only From Afar

Only From Afar

Heidi K. Wong

Why is it
that some things are only beautiful from far away.
Like the cloudless night
with its cast of stars
in an ever changing choreography.
Would I still be in awe
if my hand could touch
the burning of the sun…
I wonder.
About the space between these memories
sitting in the safe darkness
of my own thoughts.
Is there anything
for sale, even parts
that can take these ethereal hauntings
and make them ordinary.
So wonderfully ordinary
so that when you call them by name
they would obey.
I wonder
if I’ll only ever be beautiful
from far away.

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Heidi K. Wong
Writer

Heidi has been published by SOLA Network and The Washington Institute. You can read more of her work at heidikwong.com. 

Photography by Heidi K. Wong