Distance Greater than Our Love
Laying here in our queen size bed
Feeling a million miles
stretched out between us
as you face the wall avoiding me
I look at your silhouette in the dark
Picturing us in the kitchen
screaming and at war
We were so close yet so far away
in that moment
when I told you you didn’t get me
Whatever that means
Now I wish I could turn back time
and take it all back
Because you’re continents away
So I look at the pictures of us on my phone
They remind me of a time that felt like home
You held me in your arms
with a gleam in your eyes and smile
bigger than the miles between us
So I make a wish to be there
instead of right here, alone
Melodie Jones is twenty-two-year-old Ball State University graduate. She majored in English Education and minored in Creative Writing. She has been writing for ten years. Melodie currently has a poetry series on Channillo titled “Poetry: Free Therapy”. She can be found on Twitter @Miss_MJones.