SO NEAR, YET A THOUSAND MILES APART

We are so near--aren't we, love?

Just one breath away from touching hearts.

Yet why must I drift like a silent wind,

Loving you, but never aloud?

I carry in my heart the seasons where leaves fell before you came,

Through years too deep for words to ever name

A thousand miles of longing--who would dare to cross the flame?

Age stands like a wall we dare not scale.

Though my heart burns, and yours does too,

We remain two shadows... lost in the same gale.

We cannot meet, nor share the dawn,

No kiss, no hug, no playful sighs.

No shared meals, no shared dreams born—

Just aching glances beneath shared skies.

Yes, we love—so fiercely, so true,

Though untouched, my soul is bruised.

You live just steps from where I stand,

Yet feel farther than a thousand moons.

We find each other only in dreams,

Where time dissolves, and rules are none.

Where you call me love, and I call you mine,

And we dance beneath a gentler sun.

If only we could love on days

when the sun has cooled and time stands still—

Like children who know nothing of fate,

Just hearts that bloom because they will.

But this love lives best in longing,

In the sweetness of what cannot be.

It burns more bright when left unspoken,

And stays forever… when never truly free.

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