NEVER FAR
by Michael Langston

Though far, far away,
Far away in the distance,
Across a continent I’ve not traveled,
Beside a distant sea I’ve not seen,
You’re never far from my thoughts,
But always here with me,
In my heart, in my soul,
Never far in my dreams.

When at night I awaken,
Thoughts of you come rushing upon me
Like the tide of that great ocean,
Like the in-coming waves of that faraway sea
That I’ve never once seen…
Sparkling with moonbeams,
Pounding upon the dark sands
Of my lost, love-starved soul.

When I awake in the morning,
Thoughts of you come shining upon me
Like an unseen sunrise
Upon that same distant sea,
Lighting its waves and warming its beaches.

Like the warm morning sun
Rising up from that ocean,
Like a bright seaside sunrise,
So your thoughts are to me.