How Far?

How far is it to you by foot?
Ten thousand stones,
Two million grains of dust and soot,
All my bruised bones.

How far is it to you by sea?
Twelve hills and hollows
Of water, each one risking me,
Gulped in salt swallows.

How far is it to you by rail?
A myriad meadows
Sweeping the window in a gale
Of golden shadows.

How far is it to you by air?
Ten thousand thunders,
Countless ice crystals set aflare
With rainbow wonders.

How far is it to you by light?
Two parted petals
Of eyelids flowering with sight
Where sunshine settles.

How far is it to you by love?
I have no notion.
For so to seek and find you prove
One selfsame motion.

Vassar Miller

Semmering's Little Brother, The Hobbit Hole