space matters

space matters

I’m not sure if these words matter.

Lately, I'm not sure if I matter.

If all matter is 99 percent space

and all space has no matter

then how safe is any space?

I’m not sure if these words matter.

Lately, I'm not sure if anything matters.

If these words are letters put close together

but close is stretched out over infinity

then what is close and what are words

and why am I awake at 3 am moving my arms in space

pushing buttons to make more space

for things to matter?

Or am I moving my fingers in matter?

Are my fingers creating space?

Are my fingers creating space because there is no safe space

for things to matter?

I’m not sure what matters

or what matter is

but I know space is made by words

and I know the space in my head is full of letters closely separated by infinities.

So maybe these words do matter

and maybe space matters

and maybe I matter.

by Regan Boden