Love Poem: Far Yet Close
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Written by: Edward Ibeh

Far Yet Close

Physically, your are           this faraway from me
But whenever my longing for you burns white-hot
You are thisclose

I pine for you because you are                that far
But whenever you rest your sweet lips against the phone
And I hear...your voice...your breath...your laughter
I smile, for you are suddenly thisnear

In the loneliness of an insufferable twilight
I cry and moan, because you seem                         this far!
The distance between us wailing into the night like a banshee...

Yet, in spite of it, my precious, I love you even more