Summary

Poems about distance, uncertainty and separation by the poet Sun Shadow.

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Transcription

SAFE DISTANCE

Tonight is all we have.

It has been months
Since we met.

Tomorrow we will not meet
And tomorrow
And tomorrow
And tomorrow
Until… who knows when?

We will not dance
Or laugh 
Or shout
Or sing
Or smile across from each other
Until… who knows when?

We will not visit
In this little group
Or venture out the house
Or in any house 
Save ours
Until… who knows when?

Tonight is all we have
To do it all
To sing
To dance
To shout
To eat
To laugh
To throw our masks out
For we will not do this again
Until… who knows when?

It may be months
Until I see your faces again
Until I see your eyes and your smiles
At the same time again
Until… who knows when?

Today I have
To shut the gate
To shut the doors
To shut myself up
To work 
To eat
To do it all
Alone 
Until… who knows when?