Warmth in Winter

Of warmth in winter, you remind me so

The fairest sight my eyes have long beheld

Your skin as soft and white as falling snow

Your love a steaming cup I never held.

Your eyes alight with flecks of golden fire

Your hair a sweet cascade of gleaming light

Your lips a kiss that every man desires

Your smile a subtle secret in the night.

Yet all is naught, for lo, betwixt us lies

a nation vast, a man, and circumstance.

Thus from afar I gaze with distant eyes

A stranger to your warmth, and your romance.

I’ll not deny, the words we’ve shared are few,

I’d know you well before my life is through.