So Far and Yet So Near

[couchgrouch]

So Far and Yet So NearI remember ev'ry school day,she made Rice Krispy treats n Kool-Aidthough she wasn't feeling strongand the morning that young doctor,stood looking nervous and awkwardwhen he told us she didn't have longshe was already a ghostwhite as those hospital sheetssometimes what hurts me the mostthat picture hangs where my heart can reachso far and yet so nearlong gone and yet still herea spirit on the wind,a feeling deep withinthat never disappearsit's all we can think ofwhen someone we loveis so far and yet so nearfor years my life was a struggle,without her I got into troublecos she brought out the best in meone night in jail I heard voices,whispering that life is choicesand freedom's the only destinyI couldn't blame lifeon all that I'd lostthe darkness of nightis a desert we all must crossand it's so far and yet so nearlong gone and yet still herea spirit on the wind,a feeling deep withinthat never disappearsyou've never missed someone so muchtill it's someone you can't touchthey're so far and yet so nearI see lights in the distanceand think of breath and existenceshe's a star in the nightbrilliant and shimmeringgiving me strength to fightbecause her memoryis so far and yet so nearlong gone and yet still herea spirit on the wind,a feeling deep withinthat never disappearsit's all we can think ofwhen someone we'll always loveis so far and yet so near(c)2005 Robert George