Is the distance too great,
the journey too difficult
for each to undertake,
though we know our hearts
are we destined to stay apart,
our fragile, formal, slow start
now turned to thoughts of love,
no great secrets our minds hold
for we have let our dreams unfold,
our fancies, wishes, desires we know
together with our longing for each other,
perhaps the wisdom of understanding
has stymied our passionate drive,
no young impulsive love the driver
instead maturity has taken over,
the responsibilities thrust upon us
too great to overcome, too firm to deny,
distant lovers, our fate apart, fully tied.

Herbert Holzbauer
© October 2003

Midi: "September"

Graphic: "Apart"
Artist: Paul J. Grymkowski