I Am Lonely

Even if I were to get within
an atom's width of your lips,
I'd still be further from you
than the moon from the Earth,
thirstier after crossing deserts
to reach an oasis,
more desperate for our mouths to short circuit
and blow the fuses in my mind,
and more miserable knowing I'm welcome to gaze into
Heaven
but that I'm not allowed in...

...a punishment befitting the traveler with no destination.