Stanzas: Monthly Chapbooks September 2015 (Internet) | Page 13

Letter to the Editor
Fiona Grimes
‘Distance between us keeps getting deeper,
Even though I’ve tried’
Before you would have
Gotten that reference and laughed.
Now you’d stare blankly
Or not even notice.
Blank stares
Lead to longer silences.
Clicks are the only
Sounds heard,
Until you even
Flick that switch.
Living in the warped
World of your phone.
The screen the only
Thing that lights up your face nowadays.
Only time you pay attention
Is when mistakes
Or misunderstandings
Raise their heads.
Then I’m worth your time.
Trying gives me
Headaches, as I become more involved
In your life than you.
Becoming your advocate
Wasn’t the role
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