TO MEASURE

Emma Jones
parallel magazine
Published in
1 min readMar 7, 2015

Centimetres, inches, do you believe in god?

Pounds, deepest fears, feet

I wish there was a simple way to measure

The people that I meet.

Centimetres, inches, do you love me like I love you?

Kilograms, miles, angels in the snow

I wish there was a simple way to measure

The people that I know.

Centimetres, inches, do you stay or do you go?

What’s next, millimeters, angles by degree

I wish there was a simple way to measure

Me.

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