Distanced Poems - Poems about Distanced

I saw you on the lake. You have a nice tan, you glistened, wet, and smiled. We waved halfheartedly, at a distance. It was one of those 2020 moments. We are distanced by discipline, desires sheltered in place. Mine are burned, as fuel, for piquant eclogues or rest, unused, like nuclear waste....

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The night is warm and her flowers in bloom A chance to dispatch our covid’d gloom; Old friends together, our drinks too well known A chance to catch up instead of alone. Each chair is placed at the distance proscribed And each wears a mask as our hostess advised, Surely, covid here has no chance to spread, Though no one can...

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on the edges of every dream you stood my salvation from pain wiping free my lonely tears your lambency shined like a beacon guiding me through darkness your wings comforted, shielded me a kiss blown on wishes adrift in the winds that held you closer i taste you on my lips as you part through my tears on the edges of dreams you stand distanced i reach for you as my hands slip through air this blade pierces my heart through the fog lifting me into my salvation from pain...

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Toying a glass of wine Sitting alone in a chair with a broken leg On the make-believe balcony Of my log-cabin in the middle of a forest On the slope of a hill called destiny Tonight I remember you mother When I look at the oil lamp Swinging gently in earth scented night breeze In tandem with plantain leaves While the night’s dark mirror...

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Loving you until now is hopeless Feeling unnoticed is endless By someone like you Im helpless But I feel careless You made me smile at your presence And you made me cry at your absence You light up my day and night And me dream about you holding you tight Is it just me only loving you merely Hoping that someday you'll notice me Thinking...

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I can feel us getting more and more distant It's like you're standing in front of me but I can't reach you no matter how hard I try and stretch my arms. The gap between us is as big as the ocean, drowning me every time I try to swim across. Why are you pushing me away, what...

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I’m calling you, my darling dear Please answer me, now do you hear? Or have you wandered far from here To leave me then alone? Oh, please, pray tell, where did you go? I’m sorry, but I must now know. Because, I miss you ever so, Or, should I just have known That I’d be calling out your name? As things just wouldn’t be...

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