Author’s Note

Love Me From Over There is about wanting someone’s presence without necessarily having the emotional bandwidth for their presence to be… aggressively present.

Sometimes being overwhelmed doesn’t mean you want to disappear from everyone you love. Sometimes you just want your person nearby, occupying the same little corner of the universe, while respectfully maintaining a distance that prevents you from launching yourself into the sun.

So this poem takes that contradiction and lets it be funny.

I don’t want to be alone.

I just want you to love me from over there.

— Rowan Evans

Love Me From Over There
Poetry by Rowan Evans

I’m feeling like I’m stuck in purgatory—
but that’s fine though,
I’m not really a fan crowds, so—
I feel like Heaven would be too crowded,
and Hell would be way too rowdy—
see I’m more of a laid-back loner,
not that I want to be alone all the time—

I just want to be left alone all the time—

it’s like, don’t bother me
and I won’t bother you—
I’ll live like that
in the afterlife too—

basically—
what I’m saying is—
I want you here
but don’t speak to me.
I don’t mean to be mean—
I just mean, I want you in my space…

not in my fucking face.

Back up.

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[It Could Have Been…]
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If you’re interested in more poetry, you can find it here → [The Library of Ashes]