distance

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distance

By Grace Cuddihy

On losing a love.

if she had let me, 
i would’ve become enough.
left a wanderer, 
i give distance,
and distance 
kills me.

Process

This piece started with the prompt “write a poem based on a word,” from the website Poets & Writers. I chose the word “distance,” and started freewriting this poem before editing it down significantly.

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Grace Cuddihy is a writer, an activist, foster dog parent, baking enthusiast, and high school junior. She loves writing personal…

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Genre / Medium
Poetry
Prose Poetry
Topic
Heartbreak
Love
Relationship
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