Sonnet on LDRs

[celticdragonfly]

Entirely too long ago I signed up for a meme where I'd write sonnets by request, since I don't do fanfic. A number of people requested sonnets.

Life with small children is NOT conducive to creative writing. I only finished one sonnet. I have finally finished the second one, which autographedcat requested, on the subject "a sonnet about being too far removed from the people you care about". It refuses to be a proper sonnet with a proper iambic pentameter closing couplet, but it just insists.

It strikes me at the closing of the day,
A dull and lonely ache within my heart -
The longing for those dear ones far away,
The heavy weight of too much time apart.

If all the strength of closeness in my soul
Like gravity could pull my loves to me,
If whims of time and space I could control,
And vanquish vulgar distance's victory,

How I would sing and shout my triumph out!
And hold them in my arms, and touch, and kiss.
Yet lacking any means to bring about
My hopes, I am denied this fervent bliss.

And so the only thing to do, late on a lonely night,
Is hold them close within our hearts, and love with all our might.