Long Distance
To save our lives
The tough decision
Was taken by our leaders
to close borders
The gulf of our distance
widening even further
Before, I could catch a flight
Now, nothing is certain
Each time the network
Acts up I’m worried
Each time we connect
A bigger treasure
You’d have filled the house
With that raucous laughter of yours
Would have said you were
proud of me as I face this war
You’d have got me a stash
Of sanitizer, panty liners
And midnight snacks
The things I forget to buy
We would have smiled together
Prayed, fought, kept the watch
I’d take a gap of metres
Over thousands of miles
Isolating sucks
Many times over
in your absence.
I miss you, love
Oumissa Inspire 