Distance is not only

a word eight letters long.

It is a late night all,

a tearful video on 

a glowing laptop screen.

It is a silence that proves

to be more lethal than

a bullet wound. 

Distance is a longing.

It is a certain kind of 

never ending suffering.

It is a promise that is

more than a promise.

It is a desire that

burns and 

consumes and

devours.

Distance is a meeting

that closes the thousand

miles between your

head and your heart. 

Distance is a kiss that

feels so foreign,

yet so right.

Distance is a whisper

of pain that sings

bittersweet lullabies

throughout the empty,

lonely night.