DISTANT

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    DISTANT

    on the other side of the
    world with only a
    door between us
    i think of leaving
    abandoning you
    to face a world whose
    fierce embrace is not
    as loving as my own

    i contemplate the
    reality of life
    without you
    existing in a
    dull void

    the fragile relief of
    freedom shattered
    by the fear of
    solitary confinement

    in a small black
    room with no ceiling and
    windows painted shut
    thin walls vibrating
    with the hum of silence
    boards nailed across a door
    that has never been opened

    unable to move as the walls
    begin to close in
    attempting to confine my body
    in a space much smaller
    than it was ever meant to occupy

    ghastly apparitions seen from corners
    of dripping eyes
    unexplained terror
    numbing my senses as the walls
    continue to creep closer
    threatening an embrace
    i will not survive

    this black room?
    ... my mind

    once content with
    thoughts of you
    now locked in fear
    in agony of
    departure

    the distance between us
    so great it cannot
    be bridged

    though all i have
    to do is
    open the door

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    seabreeze commented on DISTANT

    09-08-2009

    Thought-provoking, absorbing, relevant and re-readable

    Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

    Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

    hollowgirl’s Poems (38)

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    Shadow of Love 3
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    the struggle 5
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    imprisoned 4
    PASSAGES 1
    LET HIM GO 2
    GARDEN OF HOPE 2
    WHISPERED NOTHINGS 0
    ANYMORE 2
    EMPTY PRETENSES 1
    LIFE OF LIES 1
    Shattered Heart 3
    JUST GO 1
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    I REMEMBER 4
    THIS TOO SHALL PASS 4
    MIRROR OF TRUTH 8
    untitled #18 2
    Untitled # 7 3
    SORROW 1
    UNTRUE HEART 0
    ALONE 1
    i wonder 1
    TIME TO SPARE 2
    SHHH.... 4
    THE DESTRUCTION OF MY MIND 0
    the end 3
    THE SEARCH 1
    UNTITLED #12 1
    DISTANT 1
    FOR MEICHELLE 2
    THE INNOCENCE THAT KILLS 2
    ECHO 4
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