Beloved

Through sleepless nights my dreams take flight,
With you, their flame still burns so bright.
All gold I pledged to your closed chest,
Where longing hides and finds no rest.
 
The body craves, the spirit yearns,
Yet distance guards what closeness burns.
For if you near, the dream would fall,
The memory fade, the bond enthrall.
 
Better to lose than close at hand,
To keep the past, a shining land.
To drift in future’s woven snare,
Than break the spell we cannot bear.
 
Yet losing you, my heart’s not free,
Its captive chains still dwell with thee.
Forever bound, though far apart,
My sorrowed soul, my conquered heart.