Long Distance

©2003 Elizabeth L. Clark

The sound of a car coming up the drive. She rushes to the door, flinging it open. She looks into eyes before only seen in a photograph. Lips smile, hands touch and arms pull each other close.

When lips meet, time stops. Around them is a shimmering bubble of long denied love and passion. The universe could end and they would not notice. All they could feel was the touch of a long distance love finally brought close.

Neither knew how they got inside or how they ended up side by side on the soft bed. Lost, lost in every word, every touch they knew nothing but the moment.

All the words typed between them, all the lonely nights exploded in a rush of love and need. Two women, drawn by destiny clung together, whispering of love and desire.

The miles that had separated them were gone now and they were one. Never more would arms ache from lack of a warm body to hold, never again would hearts weep from the emptiness... never again would they hunger for the sound of a voice over the phone.

Two lives once apart, weeping for the other part of their souls were together for all time. Only tears of joy would fall from their eyes now... the distance has been bridged... the long wait over.