closeness

our closeness is coming to a close

you and i are no longer

two kids in a sleeping bag

laughing up at the big wide stars.

because now the stars are too small

and the world is too vast,

and you and i are just balls of gas

floating ever farther away.

our closeness is coming to a close,

i used to reach for your hand,

but now it's out of my grip.

i can feel our endless night waning,

and in the bright, evil light,

i can no longer see the stars.

i can no longer see you

in the place between my arms.

i wonder why the stars shrink,

why what once seemed like

my little corner of the universe

has become a public place

full of wandering vandals.

the stars have shrunk because

my eyes have grown smaller

no longer wide with

childhood innocence and love.

our closeness is drawing to a close,

but i know that i'll still miss it.