To An Online Friend

Physically, my dear... We are so far apart. When you laugh I cannot touch your face or see the sparkle in your eyes. When you hurt I cannot hold your hand or sit shoulder to shoulder in a quiet place to silently ease your pain. We cannot compete in good natured fun by skipping stones across a quiet lake although yours--I'm sure, would always bounce once more than mine. We can't hang out in a burger joint swapping fries like silly teens, or help each other up the mountains that are part of both our lives. I cannot bring you coffee or share the burden of your work or tag along on trips you don't even want to take. I cannot kiss you when we're happy or hug you when we both are sad. So many little things friends can usually do.... quiet pleasures taken without thought, moments that invite a gentle word or tender touch. All are denied to us. And yet a line invisible connects our hearts and minds in bytes transmitted with all the love our hearts can hold. And there is nothing my hands could do for you that my mind has not already done. And as the wild doe is drawn without thought to water she cannot see, So, my friend, thru an unseen channel my spirit is drawn to thee. So...if I could have one wish... if God would grant one prayer I would ask..... somehow...somewhere that time would pause for a precious moment that we, two , can share.