Static Love
(mhhmm) A distance
An emptiness that weighs A nothing that hurts
A gap that wants to be crossed Yet punishing the one that
dares to traverse
A heart that persists in waiting
And staring at a space between
That lies forever empty
The first one that reaches out
That stretches a finger,
Opens a heart
Says
I love you I’m sorry I want you Let me touch you
A pop A crack
A zap. A sting Or an eruption.
Explosion. A crack unmendable between the two Where the heart never reaches
its destination. A heart that persists in waiting
And staring at a space between
That lies forever empty
The charge never easing.
The pain growing stronger
The hurt more powerful The closer one object gets to the other.
The closeness leaves a rawness A burn that is unseen
An impalpable scar that leaves,
yet stays
It lingers
A heart that persists in waiting
And staring at a space between
That lies forever empty
The heart remembers It reaches out slower More carefully Waits
Hopes for a moment,
A person
A feeling of safety The heart fails It cannot accept it that
safety can only come after the touch After the junction
A gap that isn’t crossed,
the other side remaining unknown A safety never reached
A heart that persists in waiting
And staring at a space between
That lies forever empty
A heart that persists in waiting And staring at a space between
That lies forever empty A heart that persists in waiting
And staring at a space between
That lies forever empty