At a Distance | Monologue by Lyia Meta

This work sits in a space between observation and experience. It is not built around story or character, but around a gradual internal shift that is difficult to name while it is happening. The piece explores how distance can feel stable, until it no longer is.

It comes from noticing how often we live slightly outside of what we are actually in. Watching, processing, holding things at what feels like a safe remove. And then, without a clear moment of transition, realising that the remove has changed shape.

There is a point where distance stops being protection and starts becoming something you are inside of. Not dramatically. Not all at once. Just quietly, through repetition, attention, and time.

This piece holds that moment rather than explaining it.

© Lyia Meta 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7mVNlzeEPI

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