So Close, Yet So Far

My smile would reach Heaven's peak
Whenever I see that glow on your cheek.
The pitch black darkness of my day
Would seem to lighten and fade away.

The scattered shards of my broken hope
Have been mended; now easier to cope.
All this, and others more, you have brought.
But it's not as great as I once thought.

Now that I feel my life passing by,
Everything that once was seems like a lie.
The sunset's beauty with its crimson hue
Now seems like coming danger imminently due.

A four-lined verse from a lover's hand
Feels meaningless, dull, and strangely bland.
Just the thought of you used to give me repose.
But now everything just comes and goes.

I realized then that you're just like a star.
You seem so close and yet so far.
But like a star, a dream that is silently stilled,
I shall not stop until 'tis fulfilled.