The distance disappears and the experience of love returns. Look at the times in your life when you've been upset and communicated it. Notice what happened to the upset after you got it off your chest. Now notice what happened to the distance. It disappeared as well.
Communication is the key to removing distance.
Unfortunately, we've been taught to communicate in a way that, instead of removing distance, creates more of it. Instead of communicating for the purpose of restoring love, we communicate for the purpose of blaming, attacking, being right or changing someone. The moment you do this, you put the other person on the defensive. That person then gets upset and has to fight to protect him or herself from you. Then you get even more upset.