a million miles

sometimes it isn't distance that separates us.

We sit, knees almost touching
on a couch
we picked out together
a million miles
a million lies
a million angry fictions
a million hurts
a million strangled desires
a million
wouldas
couldas
shouldas
In the two inch gap
between us
on that
damned
ugly
couch

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Papaya]

Another old one. I understand this one too.
Good poem. Years later, that distance is a good thing.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yup. and the couch went to the dog -- and soon, out the door.:)

[Neville]

I probably could not put it any more eloquently than Vidya, so why bother? I aim to just keep reading.

All Good Things,

N

[Lyn Anderson]

The one good thing about organizing my old writes is I get to look at these comments

[Vidya Bacchus]

sometimes life does'nt turn out how we expect and a footstep distance can feel like miles.Wonderful poem .

[Lyn Anderson]

Good to reorganize and see you again.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This has pathos buried in the upholstery! It depicts the disappointment of having put our faith in someone and then living each day to regret it and yet having to share our space with them. Resentment on the sofa!

[Lyn Anderson]

You used that word a lot with me. I am a lot less bitter now.

[Coyote Poetry]

Sometimes inches can feel like a million miles. Nice flow of thoughts create good vision and allowed the reader to feel the need and the frustration. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

Good to see these comments, better late than never, must have been when I was on hiatus.

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too. Always running behind dear friend.

[Brandon Crutcher]

I liked how simple this was, it was interesting to read!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, 2 years late.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sometimes two inches is really a mile, isn't it?

[Lyn Anderson]

Pretty awesome, reading these old comments. I don't know, must have been when I skipped out for a while.