At a Distance


You're off at a distance - standing so far -
But to think in truth, I don't know who you are.
Your presence so is soft - your impact so deep -
Into my hopeless, barren mind you seep.
A second look back was all that it took
To capture my heart, mind, soul with your hook
You've unconsciously left trailing about -
Of catching someone, you've seem need to doubt.
I see the reflections cast deep in your gaze.
What would I give to be let loose in that maze?
I've heard the things all your friends tell:
That sometimes you hide away in your shell.
Which makes me want to come up and say:
"My love, I can help, let me show you the way.
Let the world be your friend, for skies seek to strive,
And decease with your shell, there no longer dive,
For I'll be your friend, and I hope I can fill
Any need that you have.  I'll love as I will."
I'd say this to you; we'd be together as one -
The rest of our lives one long term of fun.
But now I sit back and think of real life -
Knowing the world has room only for strife.
To tell you all these things, I never could -
Though there is the possibility that I would:
If things were only different, not all the same...
And most important if only you knew my name.

January 12, 2000