Pandemic Poems - APRIL 2020
Mary McCarthy
mmccarthy161@gmail.com
Author's Note: With all our social distancing comes thoughts about all the distances we suffer, of space, time, and of the heart.

Long Distance

We were sisters once
but a door closed
in my heart,
I heard the lock
catch. Now you will
always be the one
I left behind.
I don’t know how
it became impossible
to go on together.
I looked up
and we were already
on separate trains
moving fast
in different directions.
I don’t really want
to see you again,
but I am curious
about your life, 
and wonder
if you sometimes
are curious about mine.
We used to tell each other
everything, and no one
listens now.
No one can listen like you did.
©2020 Mary McCarthy
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