Expanding Distance Poem by Marcellus Watts

Quiet and tense atmosphere
Eyes aren't making contact
A guard is up between two
An invisible tall and thick wall
Separating the two people
The term friends cannot be used
The term family has long ago withered away
The term associates is nonexistent
A better word for the two would be…
A dirty, uncomfortable and loose word
Strangers
The two strangers sadly
Long ago they were close
Long ago the two preferred each others company
Long ago they were friends
Now they are complete strangers to each other
Physically close in presence
Though extremely far from each other
A great distance where even a car could drive
Emotionally
Light years they are away from each other
A distance that is expanding
Expanding like the infinite universe
Expanding and growing like life itself
The emotional distance
Large and by no means can be measured
An expanding and growing distance
Between two… strangers
A shattered bond long left behind
In the path of the expanding distance
The bond has long turned to dust
At the ends of the expanding distances are two separate strangers
Completely distant