Distance
Distance makes the heart grow fonder, they all say and proclaim Yet the same distance when violated could now make the heart sicker We live in these social distancing times, socially distraught and disturbing times But is my distance from you only physical or social and not emotional in nature? It took a disease for us to distance ourselves socially from our fellow beings Yet it had already been a while since we distanced ourselves from the ones we so loved These night-outs, drinking, dancing and the endless noise to drown the inner voice Has not only distanced me from you but from my own true naked self These hollow days of endless reflection only embolden these feelings further That this distance would make the heart grow fonder only if the heart was ever there. . . . Peace!