Saturday, March 19, 2016

Distance

by Cheryl Merrick

Hurt by his
insensitive responses,
I step back.

Intent on some project,
he forgets I exist--
Another step.

A curt reply,
a brusk answer,
and step by step
I move away
to a safe,
but lonely
distance,

Leaving him
to flounder
in an unknown sea
of relationships.

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