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14 hour flight

the miles are wide

wider than my mind can imagine

different sands between your toes

same sky as your hat

 

when you sleep

i wake,

when you walk the streets

i warm my sheets

 

not too long

you will be away

not too long

will i be alone

 

but how does it seem

somehow

that this time

this distance

is drawing a line in the sand

of lover or friend

is to be cast in stone

forever

 

how will you see me?

when you feet touch home?

how wil your heart feel?

when you inhale me?

 

absence

maybe

a decider

maybe

a destroyer

 

sometimes

you feel close

and i think that i know you

but i dont

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Feb 1, 2011
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