Four mill of separation

Lockdown, such cruel times

Mouthed words unheard but known,
palms pressed but not felt,
tears falling but not caught,
kisses blown but in vain.
A love that could move mountains
now slowly breaking hearts...
Will death be their reunion.

Author's Note

mill = millimetres

Reviews

[Lisasview]

Hi Gee,
Love, love, love this short poem of yours..not sure if it would be considered a poem or???
Anyway, whatever it is as I said I love it..
Basically the way I read it is
that many of us do not see what is right in front of us..My favourite line is "A love that could move mountains"
Lisa, 8am and now going to practice Shubert..then for a long walk

[Gee]

Hi Lisa. This poem was written during Vivid and is referring to visits that folk were making to their elderly friends, relatives where no contact could be made and meetings conducted either side of windows, doors etc.
Thank you for your take:))
Hope all is well with you both.
Anything new for me to read ?

[Gee]

Covid.....

[Lisasview]

Oh, that makes sense...
Thank you for clearing that up..
Lisa, early Monday morning

[Robert Trakofler]

Love this title!!! this so reminds me of one of the most poignant photographs I have from this year... It is of my two grandkids... one inside of a door (1 year old) looking out to the other, outside of the door (5 years old) the baby (Naomi) is so excited to see her cousin (svetlana) the joy in her face is instant heart melting she has her hand on the glass and you can just see her wishing to reach thru the glass:( what a year my friend what a year!

[Gee]

What a year indeed. In a way I'm glad my old mum didn't live on to be imprisoned in the old folks home where she spent her last years.
Thank you for popping in to have a read.
Hope you are keeping well.

[Beccy]

And toughened glass to boot. Beautifully expressed and such a clever and inspirational title. Hopefully, soon, we will overcome. Meantime our strength and our ultimate salvation, must surely lie in unity of purpose.

Beccy.

[Gee]

Hi Beccy, thank you.
Hope you and yours are keeping well

[Davidgeo]

purpose = reason

or is that backwards?

It's still a pain in the a*s to translate meters into yards for me. Americans are born with an inherent disdain for the metric system for some reason.

[Gee]

Having worked with my carpet fitter brother and ran a carpet shop I quickly got used to mixing metric and imperial as they use both all of the time. Annnnd, that ain't gonna be a problem for a man with your mind !
Hope you are keeping well David

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

Powerful little poem speaks volumes.

"A love that could move mountains
now slowly breaking hearts...
Will death be their reunion." Wonderfully worded.

Tyfs

[Gee]

Thank you CVD

[Paul Bell]

I'm not sure if this pandemic will go down as the peoples war, it sure won't be forgotten.
No leadership only exasperates the virus. I think in Britain the virus will only be taken serious when the streets are lined with bodies.

[Gee]

Boris looked like a beaten man yesterday as he announced the upcoming lockdown. At least he has given the youngsters four days notice so that they can go and spread the virus properly!
Hope you are well Paul.
Cheers

[Paul Bell]

Yeah, if I was Boris I wouldn't turn my back on Gove.

[Vari]

Broken heart theme nicely expressed. Life is all about moving ahead leaving past as explained in quotes "Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.” So, we must keep ourself motivated to keep our life worthy and work busy to not regret after the time slices like sand out of our hand.

[Gee]

Thank you..

[Chris Shaw]

Window glass separated me from my mum last week. That's how we met. I sat on the patio in a chair with my phone and she sat on the other side in the resident's lounge needing help to use her mobile. We made the best of it, but no hugs or kisses and that is the killer. A sign of the times Gee. I fear I will never hug my mum again.

Chris

[Gee]

That is so, so sad Christine.As I've said before I'm glad mum never had to love through this, being a "people" person and with all.her faculties it would have killed her :(
Hope you are all safe and well.
Thank you

[emmajoy]

Gee, what to say about this sad but finely scribed post other than it comes from a more than sincere heart. Seems we mourn for each other..

' A love that could move mountains .. .. now slowly breaking hearts.. .'

[Gee]

Good morning Miss :))
So terribly sad what folk are going through.
Hope you are well m'dear

[emmajoy]

Considering what so many are having to endure, tis rainy dull but the all around colours are increasing day by day! Wishing you and your ladies warm togetherness. Take care, keep safe.

[barleygirl]

I'm thinking your poem refers to the way it might be, for example, when any of the 230K+ USA deaths came about, people not able to be together at the worst of times when some consoling is most needed. I can't think of a worse separation -- those who are close to someone's demise & yet they can't touch during this time (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Gee]

Hi Margie. Seen many a photo of elderly folk meeting loved ones with a glass partition, window, door between. I think it was a blessing my old mum died before this pandemic kicked in :(
Hope you are keeping well.
Thank you