So Close, So Far
Matthew Spades
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We sit in silence, bodies entwined,
Your laughter a melody, not quite mine.
The warmth of your breath, the brush of your skin,
A world of closeness I can never win.
//
You call her name, your voice so sweet,
While I stay steady, incomplete.
A witness to love I cannot claim,
A heart in shadows, whispering your name.
//
I hold my tongue, I hold my place,
Longing etched on an unseen face.
I love you in secrets, in moments unspoken,
In every look, a vow left broken.
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You dream of horizons where I cannot go,
I anchor myself in the tides that flow.
A part of your world, but never the star—
Forever so close, forever so far.
//
Would you ever notice, would you ever see,
The quiet ache that’s become my sea?
Or am I to drift, a ghost in y
