On Distance

There's a one letter difference 
between strange and estrange,

between hoarse and horse. 
You can call from the edge 

of the field for the animal
that bolted the stall a long

time ago, until you've lost 
your voice. As the animal 

that's fled, you might try 
to return only to find 

there's no way to slip easy into 
the familiar or make it yours 

again. One word means not from 
or distant or disconnected, 

the same way one letter makes   
there different from here.