Distance

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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!

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