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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

SL Poetry Challenge from Plurk -- Topic: Long-Distance Relationships

9-2-09
why i quit falling in slove

I know I'll never roll over in bed
in the inky blackness of night,
reach for your hand,
find its warmth
and entangle your fingers
with my own.

you're just
a voice coming through over wires,
bouncing off satellites,
rushing through space
i may see your face,
crinkled in a tender smile,
but only on a screen.

if i reach out to stroke your cheek
i only touch cold, hard
plastic.
you're just
pixels.
remind myself
daily.
remind myself
not to fall
so desperately,
hopelessly,
inadequately
in love with you,
but i am
only human --
incapable
of stopping a train
hurtling down the tracks.

so,
i wait each night
for the beep-boop-bop
ringing tone
of a skype phone call.
all the while
telling myself
that the most important event
of each day
means less than
a single breath
to me.

copyright 2009 Katherine Andrews

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