For some people it's three feet
for others two inches
the amount of space
needed is an invisible circle
maintained for comfortable
social interactions
after the initial handshake,
knuckle bump, or quick embrace,
maybe a kiss on the cheek or in the air
more prevalent now since germ-a-phobia
children don't need the same
kind of distance having recently
emerged from constant contact
with a body not their own
sharing all bodily fluids
ready to suckle on anyone
their survival depends on it
but in time disappointments mount
parents who don’t come when they cry
they're not chosen to play on the team
no valentine cards or birthday invitations
when adulthood finally sets in
the distance can grow to seventy feet
for some it is easier to live alone
than be unappreciated - with fences
and locks securely in place -
or perhaps relegated to a cave
high on a mountain top
in order to maintain
their personal space.
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