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Distance
by Audrey C → (All Poetry by Audrey C)
Saturday, July 8, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A poem about living far away from the ones you love eg grandchildren , which is very common these days.

Distance.

If I cannot see,

 And I cannot show

My love for you,

Will you still know?

 

A birthday remembered,

A letter sent.

Will you notice

What the message meant?

 

If I must play ,

Just a little part.

Can you feel,

What is in my heart?

 

Only by phone,

Do you hear my voice.

In many things,

We have no choice.

 

What is the answer,

To distance long?

Can we have,

A bond that’s strong?

 

I do not know,

The answer clear.

Just understand,

You are always dear.

 

Time and place,

Will change one day.

Then all sadness,

Will fly away.

------

Copyright Audrey Coatesworth

from 'Growing Up' poetry book.


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 Reviews of "Distance"
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on November 22, 2017

I like this



never stop writing!

m

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on July 14, 2017
Very nice write. Perhaps distance makes the heart grow fonder for our parents, our kids and our grand kids. But there are some cousins that it helps to have a healthy 100 miles or so between visits. LOL

Reviewed on July 9, 2017
I can only imagine how you feel. I never knew a grandparent. My parents are both from Finland. My father's parents died while I was a baby. That would have been cool to have skyped with her. Sweet poem!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 9, 2017
This one touches me personally. Because of my travel restrictions and being 1200 miles from my 92-year-old mother, I haven't seen her since 2011. She calls me every Monday at 4 PM on her TTY phone because she is nearly deaf and cannot hear, only read, what I say. I am trying to arrange a FaceTime session with her on her iPad (her fingers would not allow her to use it very well) with my brother when he visits her at the end of the month (he lives about 1500 miles from her) to see her for a brief time in the morning. Fortunately, she sees most of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren quite often.

I don't feel sadness for the loss of communication. Our telephone talks are short and she giggles a lot like a child. Both of our lives are now so limited, we have little to share.

But your poem does involve some sadness for the loss that is only natural.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on July 8, 2017
Nicely done. I'm lucky, my g-kids live close by, and they're at our house frequently. Sometimes to much.

Reviewed by Mystic Rose
Reviewed on July 8, 2017
Distance can make it hard at times, but if the saying is true, that distance makes the heart grow fonder, then it is possible to keep a connection despite the distance. Thank Gou for phones, skype and computers. So many people live far away from their loved ones, it helps. Thanks for the sentimental poem. I love the form you used Audrey, well done, Have a blessed day, xo


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