Time flies by slowly, steadily... it is like
there is nothing worth rushing for.
Yet every second feels suffocating,
every minute feels longer than the previous.
Waiting slowly kills the feeling
of everything that might, for an instant,
make the day brighter.
Counting the passing days one by one,
suddenly the way it used to be seems
extremely far, distant.
The angst is pulling at every nerve,
playing with every thought,
that perhaps all there was
is slowly going to fade away.
Yet a promise, a few words shortly said,
keep my heart surprisingly at ease.
My sanity strains to survive,
but what can I do,
when all I long for is
to hear your voice.
Since your up and leaving
I’ve been heavy bleeding.
Take this restless heaving
And recycle everything of mine
I gave to you that held meaning.
Disassemble these arms
That have clung to you.
They have done nothing but weep,
So distance your name from mine.
Call me when you’re back in town
So I can dilate my eyes and hide from you.
Your gaze is too piercing,
And your body is too beautiful to me
So I can’t bear to look.
Don’t tell me when you’re gone.
Why should I have to suffer your leave?
For the seventh time, with the flashbacks.
Take your time here but leave me lonely
Unless you mean it, unless you’re ready to want me.
It will soon reach a decade passing,
Like distilled water standing
Still in its same bottle.
I am the water marinating
In the reminders of you.
Choosing suffering, and choosing
My own suffocation by not moving on.
We were two stars
From each other, too far
With worlds between our beams, it seems
Destiny sadly found and broke our scheme
Which put my fragile mind at war
Cutting my heart to a new scar
I wish we could collide and reunite tonight
Our bright light coming to ignite
Instead we’ll have to lie alone in the sky
And slowly die with our desperate cries
Two stars, too far
Even if we had a chart, we’d remain apart
Loving you from miles away,
A missing piece of life today.
A ripped-out page that none can sew,
Save for the only hand I knew.
Yet waiting is a blessing told,
To heal the page and shape the mold.
This quest for you will never cease,
Till present moments bring us peace.
By your words you wounded my soul
Creating a hole that was long ago whole
There is no solution, no redemption
Ignoring temptation, I’ll choose separation
I want to take my distance
Despite my heart’s hard resistance
To be freed of this deed, it’s a need
You’re a weed I have to get rid of to succeed
But if you come back and talk to me
I fear I won’t have the strength to flee
I’ll beg you to never insist
‘Cause I’ll never be able to resist
SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE
Somewhere in the distance, way out where
You are there, forever wondering and wondering
Somewhere in the vast distance, critters wander
And your hopes are reoccurring dreams which
Persistently keep coming to you
You’ll eventually find the one for whom you seek
So, despite your wonderment don’t give up so easy,
But let go of your worries and discouragement
I watch the birds glide way up in the sky
And think what freedom to never be limited
To any one place
Someday we’ll throw coins in a fountain,
And meet our special some ones but until then,
Life need not be in despair
I reach my hand across the space
Between your heart and mine
But something holds me back today
Like facing a Divine
The closer that we try to get
The further we drift away
I thought that time would heal this wound
But years won't make you stay
Your touch upon my skin feels cold
Though fire burns within
A wall of glass stands clear and strong
Where does this void begin?
I thought that love would break these chains
That bind us far apart
But now I know some distances
Live deep inside the heart
The truth lies in this emptiness
Between your soul and mine
We chase what we can never catch
Till end of space and time
Till the end of times...
the mist attenuates mountains until distance inherits the burden of lost memory
A One-liner
Contest Judged: 8/28/2026 12:49:00 AM
Sponsored by: Suzette Richards
(1st Place)
The red on your lips
gives me chills.
The red in my eyes
taunts you, it haunts,
the feeling it kills.
Yet, this void nothing fills.
Sitting on the sofa
the silence separates them
like ripples in a pond
ever spreading wider
never reaching the end
she's heard all his jokes
he knows all her ways
there's nothing to be done
as they've no more left to say
damned if they do damned if they don't
can't live together won't live apart
they've outlived their love
it's enough to break your heart
The Moon descended into my room
To thank me for leaving you
For your smile had outshone its silver glow
"It wasn't a choice," I whispered,
"But an altar, to fill our plates."
Beyond the seas, hearts long for each other.
so far away
his voice is right her by me
whispering sweetly
There's stillness in the air.
A silence hovers heavy in the distance.
Reigns an uncertainty of what's to come.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Is it wrong
to want to kiss your collarbone
Knowing it is an impossibility
Is it wrong to
Want to be yours
To hope against hope
for something that cannot be
To want to etch the shape
of your eyes in the back of my mind
to want to remember them forever
Is it wrong
that I recognize your silhouette
In the distance
to want to caress your face
to be able to hold your hand
to want to hug you
when I feel like giving up
Knowing it cannot be
Is it wrong
to be feeling this way
Even when we're
far apart,
You're always
right here in
my heart.
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