Still the feel where I can't get to see him lingers
as an Emille bell —
piercing on my mind
like an echo.
Not the song.
Not the fame.
Just the bell.
The distance.
The sound.
It pierces my heart —
not being able to see him near.
Hiding.
Like the bell under the curve.
A raspberry is sweet—
yet seeing you leaves me fresh and sour,
regretting I didn’t find you sooner.
You make me pop when you smile,
like a golden retriever greeting the world
with pure joy.
You make me burst like confetti
the moment you show your heart.
You leave me wordless,
blank as white paper,
whenever you stick out your tongue.
You are rare as a blood moon
when your eyes open wide.
Will these sacred words ever reach you
before I leave this world?
This feeling crushes me gently—
like a raspberry pressed into juice,
slowly draining me,
yet never losing its sweetness..
I just want to look at you—
your blonde hair, poodle-like eyes,
that artistic nose,
and your soft, pouty lips.
You stir my heart like a cyclone,
stealing every thought I try to hold.
I want to hold your hand
and tell you—
I’ve kept this feeling buried deep,
like a hidden capsule in the soil.
I want to carry your burdens,
just to see you smile
a little brighter than before.
I want to pat your head
as you drift to sleep,
the way a mother soothes her child.
I want to trace your forehead,
to ease the worries you hide.
Will you look at me,
just once,
with those gentle poodle eyes?
I’d be happy
just to hold your artistic hands,
where our unspoken love
could finally be understood.
At the end of the world,
let it be just us—
laughing, forgetting,
leaning into each other’s warmth.
Just us,
and our love.
They say home is where the heart is
But you have flown across an ocean
You're something I'm blessed to miss
We will make it through all of the commotion
But when I come home, I'm never letting you go
When you're back in my arms, I'll be home again I know
A year from home is a lot, my dear
I'm homesick and all I can do is text you, I fear
There's a hole in my chest
My heart's flown away
My eyes tire from crying and crave rest
The hole burns all day
My world's gone sideways, now at a slant
I am missing my heart
But it stays with you while I can't
The pain leaves a flavor sour and tart
The feeling of a missing piece of me
Burns less than that of having lost you
I broke at picture of us in my gallery
I'll see you again but it feels far from view
I gave you my heart from the beginning
Despite the pain, I do not regret it a bit
Because while I can't hold you, losing and winning
My heart is with you through all of it
My skin misses the feeling of your touch
Your fingers trailing lines of love
But we aren't as far as we seem
I look up and it's the same sun you see above
Absence does it make hearts grow fonder
Only if lavender love grows despite thunder
Of rainy days and shades of white wonder
Of what kind of kiss is amiss over yonder
In Zoom
In Zoom you’re so far away
In Zoom I don’t know what to say
You lower your eyes and shift in your seat
I shudder from my shoulders to my feet
In Zoom the world’s upside down
In Zoom you smile hides your frown
And I wonder if you’re going out tonight
The city lights are shining, so very bright
Then the internet is goes off
Time with you is not enough
Suddenly alone in the gloom
All alone in this empty room.
Next day.
I wait but you just didn’t show
I watch as my insecurities grow
Can’t concentrate till we speak again
Love transforms into a physical pain.
In Zoom the screen is jet black
In Zoom you’re never coming back
In Zoom, my heart was broken online.
In Zoom, the screen becomes a shrine.
David Cox 03/08/23
I'm coming from an empty place
where dreams fall away and walls are built.
The place where questions go unanswered
and silence fills the room.
As I search the words to get me out of this place
they start pouring from your heart.
Tender love kindness gentle smiles
Laughter security warmth patience
Building blocks that piece together this thing call love.
With every teardrop from I miss you
and every time I want to hold you near
Memories are all I have to keep me
since distance has token your place.
I say a prayer over you with faith of blessings and joy waiting for the day you will find me
and I will forever be yours
place where mind was reaching with so much ease,
eyes and hands could never.
In our distance is our dreamy closeness
In quite fragrant expanse scented flowers
In moon lit sky we seek each other’s face
In Milky Way many restless whispers
The sun sits on the leaves of apple tree
Your face flashes in a nest of robin
The wet grass asks me softly where is she
At the top, hop restless sparrows umpteen
On this side of the sea I breathe empty
On the other side of the great void you
Smelling salted ozone from the deep sea
Go through my poems to feel the pink hue
I write verse to fill my oceanlessness
You inhale in your chest oxygen fresh
____________________________________
15/10/2016
Long distance love
Okay what now?
Are we suppose to put our love on hold because of the distance?
Do we hit the pause button,
And resume it when we see each other?
Would that be still called love?
Well our love is not defined by this stupid distance.
I know we probably miss each other more,
Whenever we see a couple hand in hand passing by.
I know winter was the most difficult exam for us.
If I were to make a Wish, I'd wish that You'd be next to me Every time I think of you...
And I know you'd Always be next to me Because you are always on my mind.
See? it wasn't that difficult.
We have wrote the tests.
We now preparing for final exams (festive).
And we will sure pass with flying colors.
We are bigger than the distance between us.
True love
No doubts
No jealousy
And no worries.
Long distance love contest
Sponsor: Nicola Byrne
I never believed in love at first sight until
I saw you. Days later I learned that you
felt the same. We had a whirlwind romance
and got married two months later from the
day we met. We fell madly in love and we
were inseparable.
That all changed the day you got drafted
to go fight for our country. I didn't want
you to go. I became anti war instantly .
But I lost the battle, you chose war over me.
My heart was no longer in my chest, it was
over seas fighting for a war I didn't believe
in. Your letters were my only ray of sunshine.
Days turned to months, months turned to
years.I didn't know if I could survive another
day without you. My lonely nights seemed
like an eternity.
I will never forget when you returned to me, I
was so empty inside and missed you so much.
You saw me staring into nothing and took me
into your arms and my heart started to beat for
the first time since you left.
That my love was the happiest day of my
life. We've been together ever since.
10-14-16
Contest: Long Distance Love
Sponsor: Nicola Byrne
In low tones we chatted
On the steps to her porch,
We talked of the decades
Since I’d carried her torch—
Of love we knew nothing
During young naïve years
Of kissing and fondling
‘Til I left her in tears,
For the navy enticed
With ships and adventure:
I sailed away keenly
Aware that I missed her,
Each ivory cloud roiling
I watched sculpt her face,
And the foam in ships’ wakes
Emulated her grace.
How her leer glowered down
With each floozy I’d bed;
Her glare did accost me
From the face that I wed.
But that marriage was fey,
On a short vine it died:
I had loved only once
So to find her I tried:
Thus we sat on those steps
Last night swapping stories,
We confessed of our lives,
Our failures and glories …
And the kiss that welled up
While lightning bugs popped,
Led haltingly bedside
Where our slack clothing dropped.
We then gripped and embraced
Through a torrent of mirth—
Time relented at last
And our love found rebirth.
October 14, 2016
Long Distance Love Contest
Nicola Byrne
I just wanna see that face
that I LOVE
My Man & I we fit like
hand & glove
When we are apart I'm
so sensitive and distraught
Your in my mind every
waking thought
3, 000 reasons holding
us back from our "Someday"
We WILL get there I guarantee
if I have my way!
I need him he's my air or
I will suffocate
HOW much more separation
are we gonna take?
Life is fleeting goes in
the blink of an eye
One day we'll look back
wonder why?
WHY we didn't just say
screw it let's do this!!
Think of all the things
that we've already missed
So frustrating cuz I love you
and you love me
WHY would God bring us
together if it wasn't meant to be?
Haven't I suffered enough
already paid
my freaking dues
Don't need nothing
fancy or expensivd
Just wanna be with YOU
Everyday we're apart is agony
Love to feel your SEXY body laying right next to me
If there was some way
some how
I would do it I would
start RIGHT NOW
We must find a solution
a compromise
HAVE to hold you look in
your beautiful eyes
I know it's a mountain
we must clumb
Everyday treading water
wasting time
What's it gonna take
for you to finally
be all MINE?
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