At a Distance for Word of the Day, Jan 6, 2026

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At a Distance

Although you may be absent, thoughts of you still linger.
I think you have my memory wound around your finger,
for though I find the lack of you totally endurable,
my memory suffers from a need that’s totally incurable.
Friends may think the distance between us is a pity,
and yet with one so erudite, so pithy, loyal and witty,
it seems you linger on even after you are bound
off to other regions—your presence a mere sound
heard over the telephone, imagined o’er the keys,
so I may have your company any time I please.
Relationships are more, my dear, than a simple presence.
Sometimes merely words suffice to conjure up your essence.

 

I am answering this challenge with a poem written in 2016–ten years ago. If you are still curious about this untypical relationship described in the poem above, read more about it HERE
and then HERE.

For Word of the Day Challenge, the word is Distance.

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

12 thoughts on “At a Distance for Word of the Day, Jan 6, 2026”

      1. Martha Kennedy's avatarMartha Kennedy

        I’m in a similar relationship. All I meant was there is nothing “mere” about it. I had no thought of denigrating anything, minimizing, or even adding anything. Such a relationship is real and major and cherished. I’m sick of words, Judy.

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