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on distance
It is alright
A silence has settled over my body
like no silence I have ever felt
And it is alright
that you are three thousand miles
from my bed
Because you are asleep
And I recall
curling into your body like a dream
and we could not ever let ourselves rest, it was about losing precious time
and weren't you so sad, too but
I am the one who feels first
and I remember feeling sleep
but knowing that waking is the hardest part
But it is alright
because now you are sleeping
and I haven't slept right since you left
but I'm learning
And that is alright
because a silence has settled in my heart
that counts down months in weeks and days
and it ticks back minutes that sound like your chest heart beating
and I imagine you sleeping alone
but with your hands curled into the blanket
ao it is almost like when you would hold me
And almost is alright
ask my heart, not my chest
it feels empty, so empty
But I am learning
that stretching a heart is the most difficult way to use it
and we have three thousand miles
of elasticity
so it is alright
Think of how many times I will be able to wrap my heart around you
All that give
that you can take.
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Rebecca-
It might sound a little odd but this made me think of my best friend. She moved really far away a year ago and I'm still getting used to not being as close to her physically as I would love to be.
I like the repetition. It almost makes it seem like the repetition reassures the speaker and the reader both that it's alright and that you're learning to cope with the situation. This really reached deep into me. It's a little haunting, too.
I love it. Great work.