Distance

Distance

I thought it would protect me.
I thought I wouldn't get hurt.
I wouldn't be heart broken.

Now
I regret.
Now
I despair.
Now I watch others
hand in hand
and wonder
if I could have been that way.

If I can have a fairytale . . .

Will I be given the chance?
Or do I need to break my own heart again?
Do I need to move on from something
that never started?

Should I stop
clinging to empty hope?
Or should I start
believing in a fairytale?

Distance
can hurt.
Distance
can complicate.

Distance
has done nothing
but allow me
to break my own heart.