Mother, Any Distance

• I space-walk through the empty bedrooms

  • metaphor
  • space imagery
• Anchor. Kite.

  • short sentences
  • juxtaposition - one deep in sea, one high in sky
• your fingertips still pinch the last one-hundredth of an inch

  • finding it hard to let go
  • reluctant
• an endless sky to fall or fly

  • success or failure
  • "endless" - scary, dangerous, thrilling
• Mother, any distance:

  • the speaker is moving out and their mother is helping them settle into their first place alone
• Mother Any Distance - Concepts:

  • No matter how physically distant parents & children become, there will always be a bond between them
  • Growing old is a different experience for parents & children as for one it is joyous and for the other it is painful
  • We will always need the support of parental figures in our lives
  • Growing up can be overwhelming and may cause anxiety
  • Growing up can bring childlike wonder and joy
  • Growing up is a natural and inevitable experience
• the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors