the spaces between us

 is claimed by silence

 and painted with fear and doubt

 

we stand a breath away from each other

 longing to touch

 to kiss

 

to stop time

 as each tear falls

 the distance between us

 

deepens into a cavern

 filling an abyss of goodbye

 while we cloak our scars in darkness

 

and ignore our impending doom

 pretending we do not see it

 braving the chasm at whose edge we stood

 

restraining our thoughts

 from plunging to

 our demise