Separation
Half... way.
Sometimes I just want to be alone
So I can hurt until I’m numb.
Each palliative gesture
Opens the healing wound.
We're so far apart
We can't over
Extend to
Meet half
Way.
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C. Rommial Butler
C. Rommial Butler is a writer, musician and philosopher from Indianapolis, IN. His works can be found online through multiple streaming services and booksellers.
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Really sadly beautiful. Some feelings just cannot be resurrected and goodbye becomes the cure. Congrats TS.
Heart breaking and really well written. Excellent choice of illustration too and so good to see use of great art as featured image. Really well done and congratulations on the TS
Such a great entry!
And well done on TS as well! Very well deserved!
Excellent entry, best of luck!
Oooh I can relate. Congratulations too
Fantastic nonet Congratulations on Top story !
This is a great poem, Well done! Congrats on a well-deserved TS!
congrats on TS. I felt this way once but the feeling lasted for years. I finally got over it but it seemed like forever.
Congrats on your top story.
Wow Like this a lot. Congrats!!!!
Ole ROCK's heart is rollin'. I live exactly 2 hours from the Munch Museet in Oslo. I can't put the dots over u but I think I am very impressed by du!
Felt every word of this! Like being ripped apart from the inside. Amazing work :)
Excellent poem, very well written, and deserved top story 🙌
Beautiful
Nice!!
Congrats on TS!
As you would say - well-wrought! Loved this, and like Gerard said, each line is like bleeding out from very real, tangible wounds. Quite an achievement, Rommi! And I have a soft spot for Munch Congrats on Top Story and wouldn't be surprised if this places!
nice work!
Not even being able to meet halfway is truly heartbreaking. Congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
The concise yet resonant lines capture the ache of emotional distance and the struggle to find connection, wonderful, love it!
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I love it . Nice
I love it
Absolutely loved it. And I need that art in my living room!