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Span the Distance

Words fail, falter,
leaving a loving silence in its wake.
She takes my gaze in hers,
her eyes unchartable seas
that seize me and leave me
helplessly lost, lost beyond want
of being found;
if I were to spend eternity
in those eyes, I would be satisfied.

An unseen force
forces my lips toward hers, and
we draw closer-
but I stop, sigh, my head sinks.

Try though we might,
it’s impossible to kiss through a screen.
FaceTime can’t solve everything.