\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
BY ONLINE AUTHORS
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1224855-Telephone-Lines
Item Icon
\"Reading Printer Friendly Page Tell A Friend
(8)
Rated: E · Poetry · Emotional · #1224855
Bittersweet poem centered on telephone wires.
Telephone Wires

I see the miles of telephone wires,
all the souls that ride their length.
Soon mine will ride as well,
too loved for strength.

Against my ear the familiar
plastic resistance.
The phone lines a painful sort of sign,
implying distance.
© Copyright 2007 Miss Pageturner (mizpageturner at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Writing.Com, its affiliates and syndicates have been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work.
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1224855-Telephone-Lines