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Romance/Love: August 16, 2006 Issue [#1213]

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Welcome to the Romance/Love Newsletter. My name is darkin and I'll be your guest editor for this week.



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Long Distance Love?


I sat in my van in an airport parking lot watching the planes take off; knowing inside one of those huge metal machines was the man I loved. He wasn't leaving for a quick trip or even a week long trip. No, he was leaving for a six weeks to a country thousands of miles away from his home, his children and me*Cry*

My heart sank as I started the van and pulled out of the parking lot. It's not like we haven't already dealt with this before. He's been on this assignment for awhile now, gone for six weeks, back for one. Regular as clockwork. It's enough to drive a sane person mad. Or drive a writer to write a sad story or poem, or two, or ten*Wink*

I write in my journal nearly every day now. Mostly I say how much I miss him and how angry I am our lives are being ruled by a company's inability to check out what they were buying. But I also write important things to tell him; things the boys have done, or the dog, or even the rat. And I'm also writing again*Bigsmile* Not the get it published in a magazine kind of writing, but the cleanse your heart of pain kind.

When my hubby first left back in May, he called me from Heathrow Airport to let me know his flight was delayed. He didn't want me to worry about him. The connection we had was awful. I could barely hear him and he could barely hear me. That call spawned a long angry entry aimed at the phone company in my journal, and this poem. Not my best work, but it was what came out at the time...

Ma Bell Lied

For years she's been telling me
to reach out and touch someone

It's almost like being there,
if only you'll pick up the phone.

But the whine of long-distance
phone lines is deafening.

The sadness and loss of distance
cannot be quieted

For years she's been lying
to you and to me.

As I said, not my best work*Laugh* But it did ease the anger I felt towards the phone company and the connection we had. And it made me smile, which helped as well.

Writing heals a broken heart. No, wait, that's not right*Laugh* Writing makes it easier to deal with a broken heart. And writing is wonderful expression of the pain of being apart. So, when your heart is breaking, sit down and write!

Thank you for taking the time to read. Happy Writing!

darkin



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