The distance between you and me <br />As we swim in the lake <br />Is only our breath. <br />The distance between you and the sun <br />Is the whole sky. <br />The distance between me and the setting sun <br />Is only my outstretched arms. <br />See! I touch fingers of gold, <br />And you braid it into my blazing hair <br />As you comb your fingers through it. <br />The distance between the setting sun and us <br />Is only our skin.<br /><br />Lillian Susan Thomas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/between-us-16/
