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Why do you sit aside from me
Staring at words from friends unknown?
An occasional glance, a phrase unfinished
Before the next alert pulls your mind away.
When we met, there were fewer distractions
Simple times, conversations, a lover’s touch
But now, there is that phone, internet, noise
Tearing us apart
Do you have time to hold my hand?
Am I in your attention span?
Do I matter, or am I just too bland?
When you hold up your internet friends…
Do I bore you with my own desires?
Is there no flicker in the fire?
Am I just burned upon the pyre?
With no time to make amends…