I Can Only Touch the Empty Air
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This was originally called One For Darlene, written in 1988, probably while I was attending a military school in Texas. I had taken Darlene out a few times, then were separated by choices. I saw here once more after Texas, then spent the next 15 years in Europe or in the other half of the USA. We're still friends on Facebook.
I cannot look in your eyes from here,
To touch your soul with my gaze.
Your too far away to reach, My Dear,
To be taken in by my embrace.
My whispered thoughts cannot extend to there--
Where you are's too far away.
I can only touch the empty air
Instead of holding you near always.
So many men between you and I.
I envy each one his place.
Oh, to be at the head of that line,
Looking at you again face to face.
Wonder of wonders, fate of all fates...
I chose to be where I am:
Sitting alone laughing at regrets,
Cursing the notion "what might have been".
I wish I could steal your heart to here
And keep it captive near mine.
But hearts are only given, it's clear...
All I can do is offer you mine.
Copyright © Mark J. Halliday | Year Posted 2014
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