Missing (not) you

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How can you miss something
that was never truly there?
How can you miss a mere voice?
A faceless presence?
A cold touch through a screen?
A longing to finally meet,
that distance silently killed?
And yet, I miss.
Not you, but the beautiful illusion
Of what we could've been.

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