I Am Here

Beloved, look, the distance has vanished,

Yet why does this emptiness fill my heart?

I am here, so close to you,

Yet I remain untouched, unseen.

No barriers exist, no chains hold tight,

Yet where has our love become trapped?

I linger in the echoes of your breath,

You cannot hear, but still, I say—I am here.

Do your eyes no longer hold my light?

Have I disappeared from the shade of your dreams?

I echo in the silence of your solitude,

Now, your heart’s story speaks only in quiet.

If you see, look for me in every corner,

I live in your questions, I am within your answers.

Though I am etched in all your memories,

Why do I feel so alone, so unknown?

My existence floats in the sea of your indifference,

No borders divide, yet the distance is vast.

I am here, like love itself,

The very thing you try to forget.