Love's Distance

Thorns may prick us,


Piercing the soft skin that holds us together.


But we continue on through the rose bushes to meet love’s other side.


We both smell its sweetness and know of its pure taste.


The elements that create its beauty bloom before our eyes.


Those around us try to reason that the distance will only lengthen the pain.


But we knew this,
yet decided to paint the distance in shades only we could see.


As the petals fell around us


Thus would begin our new life.