My love, you feel so very far away.
Only last night, I held you close to me;
So many things can change in just one day.
I long for you alone, for things to be
More simple.  I feel such confusion.
I do not wish to cause you any pain
That need not be.  I have no conclusion
Except that I need that closeness again.
You are so far from me.  Were you but near,
I'd speak these things in person.  I would try
To hold you close, and whisper in your ear.
For now, you're distant.  You need not reply
To this, or any other words I send.
I write this to feel, somehow, close to you.
Your struggles are too great to comprehend;
I'll not add to them.  But for just a few
I'd like to think of you, and write, and be
As close, as currently I can, to thee.