Distance

Distance 

If I didn't live where I live,

My love,

If there wasn't two hours

Worth of distance 

Between us,

Then I would have stayed.

I would've stayed

And been the girl

Front row

At every one of your gigs,

The one that you

Called "baby",

That brings you coffee

On breaks at work

And holds you when it

All becomes too much.

I'd have met your mother,

Your sister & your father,

Been the one

That you wrote songs about.

There was such 

Great potential 

In what we shared

That week in early Feb,

My love,

And if distance wasn't an object -

But it is.

I live in a town that is

A stones throw

From an ocean

That reminds me of your eyes.

While you live

In a city of history and culture

That reminds you of the way

My eyes lit up

When I first saw it's beauty.

For a week my life

Was perfect.

I told you I stopped believing 

In god the same time

I stopped believing in

Santa Clause and happily-ever-afters,

But for the short time

In which our forever resides

I am convinced 

That you showed me heaven 

Author's Note

for the ones who distance fucked

-update!
In the year and a half since this poem was published, I have been the girl sat front row at multiple of his gigs; he doesn't call me 'baby', he favors the likes of 'love' and 'darling' instead; I have taken him coffee once, but I do regularly keep him company at work; I met his cousin first, his father next and his mother and sister last; and he has indeed written songs about me, as I have about him. We're not 'together', not officially, and up until 1 week ago we still lived in different towns. But there is an unspoken bond between us that distance was, in fact, unable to break.

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[Dr. YumnaKay]

"But it is.
I live in a town that is
A stones throw
From an ocean
That reminds me of your eyes.
While you live
In a city of history and culture
That reminds you of the way
My eyes lit up
When I first saw it's beauty."

I loved this stanza the best. You've penned this beautifully well. Every lines reaches out to me in a sad way. I can relate to this write at some level.
Good job 👍