Can touch but never hold
May look but shouldn't stare
Do value but don't cherish
I can worry but never care
A bit selfish but not greedy
A whisper never a screech
Known not acknowledged
Near but not within reach
Never enough meaning
To possibly ever define
How close and beside me
But was and is never mine
The effort I used to cross
Beaten by efforts to further refine
As I tried breaking and pursuing
You kept strengthening the line