Tv shows, game, internet, and music. They have a way to fooling you that you're not alone. They have a way to synthesize emotional closeness, a sense of bond, and companionship for a short while. They can also shorten days and speed up nights to make sure your eyes, your mind, your heart, all those things never know what's missing from your life. Only the stark silence tells you that you're ultimately alone even when you're connected to a network, even when you might be doing the same thing, watching the same show, listening to same to song online at the exact moment as someone else. But perhaps we're not alone, but just far apart. We just have no way of knowing so.

I think
It's funny that the weight
increases as the distance is distancing
like waves painting footsteps ashore
and I'm breathless amidst the storm
every little raindrop seems to dry
the very sky that sheds them
and love's supposed to hurt,
not kill in its absence.