Thursday, July 14, 2022
SO CLOSE SO FAR
By Stephanie Shaw
So close
I could feel
Your breath on my lips
So far
I could feel
A chasm in my heart
The texture
Of a dream unrealised
Thick with regret
So close but so far
I could feel you
On the tip of my tongue
And along the edges of my heart
From "Snippets of Love and Other Pesky Emotions", 2022, by Stephanie Shaw. Available from Amazon.
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Just between you and me, I love the way Stephanie Shaw's mind works, and how she puts her thoughts into words... love poems, threats of murder or dismemberment, or a humorously self-deprecating bio.
Labels: love poem, poet, regret, Stephanie Shaw