Literature
absences
but this isn't just distance
as in space, not just distance as in
whispers of,
"i can't believe how far you
are from me, i miss you" -
this isn't just distance
in the way
that roads seem to spill over
hilltops for years,
stretching like skin across knuckles
but never ending,
no.
this is the kind of distance
that isn't seen but instead felt,
that isn't marked by miles
or gas money and can't be pinned in two
spots on a map with red thumbtacks:
this is not hearing from you
for days
and knowing you haven't noticed.
this is wanting to have you
beside me
and knowing you're just fine
alone.
this is the kind of dist