distance, time, and memory

you are not so far from me
as the crow flies
nor are you far from me
in time
it is only memory
that make you seem
so far away
so long lost
so well loved
so unfulfilled
so unfullfilling

i did not love you
for a lifetime
nor have i spent a lifetime
loving

i move
from mind to mind
from dream to dream
the way a snowstorm moves
unrelenting
passionate
until some gentle breeze
warms my soul
and settles me again
in solitude