Distance

It's distance that helps us grow,

distance that lets me know,

that with distance you'll always stay,

with distance you'll never go.

Safely I'll keep you, far away from me,

never too close that me you will ever see.

Locked in thought, removed, not replaced,
in memory you are forever, in memory you are safe.

I'll need you, I'll plead for you, but the words I'll never say.

You'll ask, even beg, but I'll always be this way.

And I hate it!  Not knowing how to change,

but, to keep you safe, distance is the price I'll pay.