I haven't talked to my love in over twenty-four hours and that is just too long. Some days I can't believe how hard and how fast I fell for her, especially under the circumstances but somehow I did and now anytime that passes when I'm not talking to her is like an eternity and any chance I do get to talk to her flies by like it was only minutes instead of hours.

Since it becomes us
to keep this
exact and difficult
space between us

for reasons given
and other reasons
(so must the heart,
in trouble, hide),

I send you words
to make this space
itself a quality
of affection,

sharing with you
this distance that
enables messages
to be heard.

- Robin Skelton