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Distance MAG

October 1, 2008
By LindseyLemon SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
LindseyLemon SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
7 articles 1 photo 9 comments

I feel like we are falling apart.
Somewhere deep inside of me, I know it’s true.
I don’t want to believe it –
I don’t want to believe we have drifted
because of the distance.
The way I speak to you and the way you speak to me
Our voices are clouded and clogged
With fake laughs and fake sympathy.
You ask me how my family is doing.
I say we’re getting through the hard times.
I ask you how’s school.
You say it’s better.
I feel a catch in my throat when you say you’re
busy for the next couple of weeks.
That’s too bad; I was hoping we could hang out.
You talk about your new friend like she is gold.
I have no one to talk about.
I feel anger and pain and I regret never answering
your calls and texts.
If only you could understand the way I was feeling,
But communication was lacking.
“I have to go, I’ll call you back …”
And something tells me you won’t.



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on May. 18 2018 at 10:20 am
BreezyMonk GOLD, Uniontown, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
The road to you is hard, bumpy, and full of holes but its worth getting to know the real you.

I wish I could write this good and get in the magazine.

you have a beautiful writing style too

eleanorbyers said...
on Aug. 4 2017 at 11:07 am
eleanorbyers, Waterville, Ohio
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you have a beautiful writing style

on Dec. 29 2016 at 10:41 am
Black_Pool BRONZE, Al Sharjah, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Everything is beautiful but beautiful isn't everything.

Many of us feel that way...

on Apr. 5 2016 at 11:05 am
Evangeline_ GOLD, Middleburg, Florida
16 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are what you read"

this is my life so much thank you for writing this

on Oct. 19 2015 at 11:16 am
Justagirlthatwrites GOLD, Brunswick, Missouri
17 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you are going to bury the past, bury it deep. Shallow graves always give the dead"




- These Shallow Graves (book)

I can relate to this poem.

on Jun. 17 2015 at 5:52 am
ChaliceinWonderland GOLD, Oxford, Other
10 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"O' vase of acid, it is love you are full of; you know who you hate." - Lesbos, Sylvia Plath

I think this is fantastic!

KylieV SILVER said...
on Aug. 6 2013 at 10:10 pm
KylieV SILVER, Goose Creek, South Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 10 comments
This poem was very easy to relate to. I really enjoyed how the poem was almost written out in like a conversation. The use of imagery for the voices were well written: "Our voices are clouded and clogged". The comparison between the friend and gold truly shows how the person is feeling: "You talk about your new friend like she is gold." Great poem!

on Oct. 18 2012 at 9:41 am
VelanedeBeaute GOLD, Sialkot, Other
11 articles 2 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
I vow to shine, like a sapphire, some gem!
I promise, not to whine, but smile till the end.
The symphony of my life
like a violin I will play,
I would vouch,
Vehement to my life I lay.

Lovely work Lindsay! :) 

on Sep. 26 2012 at 8:52 am
Shamsudin97 BRONZE, Reykjavik, Other
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Only God Can judge me.

I found your poem really touching, it could relate to me because it has happened to me. I could see the emotions that u put in it. I can understand u, stuff happens you just have to keep your head up even tough u fed up. Stay strong. Sincerely- Shamsudin97.

on Sep. 4 2012 at 11:11 am
Scribbler-of-Dreams PLATINUM, Brandon, Florida
23 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love isn't everything we want, but it's everything we need....

Sad... :(, But I understand.

on Jun. 24 2012 at 8:43 am
albinotiger GOLD, Gloucester, Massachusetts
13 articles 0 photos 186 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win"- Stephen King
“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate”- Isaac Asimov

it is so simple and so easy to relate to.

on Jun. 8 2012 at 9:54 pm
TMarie42 SILVER, Orland, California
7 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pulvis et umbra sumus.

Very well written and easy for me to relate to.

on Jun. 8 2012 at 1:55 pm
tammysaurus101, NYC, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live." - Jean-Paul Sartre

seriously touching :)

on May. 17 2012 at 3:27 pm
mindless_dreaming BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"May make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint, Cheat and be cheated, and die: who knows? We are ashes and we are dust." -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 'Maud'

So well written and totally relatable, I love this

on Apr. 25 2012 at 11:00 am
theautumnleaf BRONZE, Srinagar, Other
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The moving finger writes and having writ,
Moves on...nor all your piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line;
Nor all your tears wash a word of it."

I can totally relate to this. Very well written.

on Mar. 15 2012 at 7:01 pm
AndriaGromley SILVER, Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
8 articles 2 photos 113 comments

Favorite Quote:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away...

Very well written. I could feel the emotions you put into this piece, a lot of emotion. Keep up the good work and I would love it if you would look at my work.

on Mar. 6 2012 at 8:47 pm
Shortty1314 GOLD, Fox Lake, Illinois
14 articles 2 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What, do you really think I was
strong enough to handle it?
If you did, then sweetie, you
don't know me at all.
These "smiles" are fake.
Just another lie people bought.
You will never know the disaster
that's behind them." -Anonymous

I can relate to you with my mom & my ex-boyfriend... :( I enjoyed reading this though. Keep Writing !

on Mar. 2 2012 at 8:29 am
stacyrose3 PLATINUM, Coventry, Rhode Island
33 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know I'm on the grind. So I miss you at times. All on my mind, as I'm scribbling lines."

I feel the same exact way about me and my foster mom :/

on Feb. 22 2012 at 7:37 am
Blackrosechick, (Anonymous), Other
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Favorite Quote:
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

This is awesome. Very well written and relates to a lot of people.