Closing The Distance

There is a unifying darkness between stars
that cries above our separate cities.

I smile at you softly —
but it falls
somewhere
among
pixels
and love.

Touch remembers what time deletes.
Your scent blends
like rain on scorched earth —
hear me.

I have thought through
every version of you
in my dreams.

Distance isn’t darkness —
it’s the pain
love drops in breadcrumbs.

You swore
we were over,
but connection
isn’t Wi-Fi,
it’s eternal.

I want to tear through this reality,
where your eyes
stare at mine,
and my need
is like oxygen.

God
(or everything that controls time itself) —
tell me, tell us,
how many moments
does it take
to merge soul to soul
through the gravity of love?

Until then,
I’ll clutch at the void
and pray it smells like you
as it echoes back in darkness.

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