Close Yet Far!

Have so many meetings,

& every day's greetings,

Still every bit unsaid,

With sharing madness long dead,

Oh, why so close yet so far,

Still stranger to our scar!

So much together,

Years in the same weather

But so much apart,

& unknown to the heart,

Oh, why so close yet so far,

Still stranger to our scar!

So happy face,

With so much space,

Less truth and more lies,

The living frame usually dies,

Oh, why so close yet so far,

Still stranger to our scars,

So beautifully present,

And unknowingly absent,

So much on land,

But all apart in some dry sand,

Oh, why so close yet so far,

Still stranger to our scar.