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Long distance

Everything is big here
Like size of this country
Insecurity
loneliness
Fear

Still can not return
To my country
 
Returning
To the same
Fear of rejection
Terrifies

There also
Relation only lasts
With
Long distances!
 
— tanha, May 28, 2010

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16 years ago

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Everything is big here Like size of this country Insecurity loneliness Fear *Maybe end the stanza here so the idea of fear doesn't get diminished by being sandwiched between the two lines below. Also, the two lines below seem to be a separate idea, deserving their own stanza. Still can not return To my country Returning To the same Fear of rejection Terrifies *This raises some interesting questions. What terrifies more than alienation in a vast, unknown land? Could you expand here? There also Relation only lasts With Long distances! *This poem has an interesting tension--relationships can only exist through distance and separation. I think this poem needs more fleshing out.