My love shines incandescent from far apart

Words we have exchanged have made a start

At breaking down the barrier which divides

So we scale up a ladder together at sides



Of walls which were previously erected

And as I reach out my fingers electric

Sparks come across that very high fence

As the vibes you keep sending me amends



A soul which has been tugged so very hard

It struggles within to go forth, outward

And deal directly with goodness abounding

Which is commonplace, I know, surrounding



My steady connections, which I do have

Yet, it is YOUR love which makes me glad

Even though there is little which can be done

For you are there and I am here - quite some



Miles apart from the touch of each other

And yet, you DO touch and make shudder

The combined arteries, veins and nerves

Which breathe you in, and make heard



The cries I do utter as you hold out

Your arms to grasp me tightly about

My chest, so you can feel the pump

Which surges blood thru US at once



And my sobs do wrack my body now

As I feel your pull - and know how

Difficult it is to consummate our love 

For even though it's there, you're above



And ahead of me in time and even day

Making so tricky our fully shared say

For when it's your night - you're tired

And it's my day and so I'm all fired



Then when you are raring to go

It has become my night - so

You're full of such abundant energy

And 'tis I who has sunk into lethargy



And my heart cries quietly inside

For we are on such different sides

Of a globe which is so large & vast

For we are together in a world apart



- Tristram