The nearness of you

The nearness of you

Almost upon me

Close enough to touch

Reaching out

Senses straining

To break free

Escape the

Earthly bound

Corporeal

Striving to float

Into the ether

The netherworld

Somewhere between

Oppositional planes

Where there is no distance

No time or resistance

To the calling

I know is maintaining

The belief in you

Even as I grow weak

The promise is strong

It remains

At the heart of me

Creating an allowance

For the beauty

In the world

To unfold

As the wings

Of a Butterfly

Fill with magic

Wild flowers will grow

In the wilderness

Starlight glows

At the dead of night

There are fireflies

And moonbeams

Music and candlelight

For my eyes

To behold

And there in the wonder

Is my belief,

In the nearness of you.