Long Distance Friendship Poem by Angela Bontle Ditumiso

I feel so jealous because
My favorite place on earth
Gets to stare at your face
And I don't
The breeze gets to play with you
Tease and embrace you
I don't

Yes, I'm jealous
I'm not afforded the
Same opportunity
A chance to share jokes
Nor hug you
Envy gnaws at me
I try to ignore it but
There's this void
That you left
Without you there's
A little bit of me missing

I admit it now
Life was more meaningful
With you by my side
Everything was a joke
And every problem I had,
You solved
You're an algorithm
To every problem I encounter
Now that you're out of sight
Though not out of mind
So many issues weigh me down

Whose shoulder am I to lean on
When you're physically unavailable?
I miss your calls, miss your voice, your presence
I hate how these miles
Have come between us
How they've robbed us of smiles

The music, the food and window-shopping
They are all less fun without your silly self
This long distance friendship
Is way too torturous
If I could I'd take the map
And rub off the distance
Put us under the same roof even
If could we wouldn't even work
We'd spend all day just talking
And laughing because we're good at that