A Few Feet Away
Only a few feet away in distance
But in my heart and mind it’s miles
Through treacherous terrain and mountain
Icy cold and frozen
Just a few feet from me is the man I gave my all to
The one I could reach out to
Who I thought understood me
Is now somehow my enemy
Very close in proximiy lies the man I could extend my hand to
I can’t change him nor do I want to
Thought I loved his flaws
Again it seems I was terribly wrong
Only a couple words away is the man I could speak sweetly to
Silence fills the room because I’d rather be alone than plaster a smile on my face
Tonight I will lie alone instead of in his embrace
On the same bed is the man across from me
At the very same moment in time as I
Might as well have been centuries from now
Too numb to even cry
So I’ll share a bed with this man I thought I knew
Realizing the truth, that we’re strangers in one bed
I guess tonight I’ve got no choice but lay back-to-back from him
And wonder how someone so close can seem so far away
Again
Copyright © Maryann Nope | Year Posted 2016
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