Pushing back salty tears
Months seem like years

Holding on to sweet dreams
Coming apart at the seems

Loving, wanting, needing
Zeal and energy depleting

Hoping, believing, waiting
Expectations abating

Telling myself I will cry for you, nevermore
As my next teardrops caresses the floor

Trying to stay focused on the prize
Putting on my 'happy disguise'

Never has there been such a love so pure
The distance I must endure