arms-length apart

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you hold me close, arms-length apart. another dose of broken heart.

you don't have to try. you just draw me in. and though you lie, i'm here again.

you look away, but here i'll stay. hoping in the dark at arms-length apart.

author's note
this poem is also published in my new poetry book "100 Letters", in which i will be writing poetry in letter format

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