threads

a poem

Fragile threads Stretch over miles To connect them. Her heart Is warm and glowing At times. Radiating intense love For that man So far away.

But the distance Can cause her heart To be brittle, Fragile, uncertain. Distant memories Of times long past Taint her love. The distance And the almost forgotten pain Stretching Those fragile threads Connecting them both.

This poem was written at a time of intense pain and longing. Finding love, burning with passion but with a physical distance between can be a fickle beast to tame as doubt and fear creep in. During this period of time in my life, I often felt taut, stretched, brittle. Like life was testing me, proving to me I needed to make decisions to ensure I could feel whole once more.

Lisa is a poet and writer. She writes on Instagram under the handle @liisak_love as well as here on Medium. Poetry saved her life during an immense time of change and has been her solace ever since. She has had poetry published in real paper books. She is currently working on a photographic-poetry collection, writing a story about Jackdaws, and is collaborating with several others more musically gifted to write songs.

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