Love Poem: Distance From Heaven
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Written by: M.P. Shaudd

Distance From Heaven

Wanting you is easy
Sometimes being friends I find so hard to do
Beneath the ember of lies lives a fire 
If I’m to tell the truth

I don’t mean to push you away 
I’m trying to protect my heart from hurt
You’re an Angel, my weakness, and my purpose 
You’re a blessing on this earth

I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close without touching you is hell
I tell myself maybe someday knowing damn well
I only fool myself

Everyday it gets harder 
Putting feelings back upon the shelf
I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close without touching you is hell

Please be patient give me time 
I have to face this pain on my own
This ain’t the first time and I’m guessing 
It only ends when my names upon a stone

I’m living while dying thinking of
All the seeds we could have sown
Another sunrise another sunsets on the one
I’ve never got to know

I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close without touching you is hell
I tell myself maybe someday knowing damn well
I only fool myself

Everyday it gets harder 
Putting feelings back upon the shelf
I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close without touching you is hell

I know right from wrong
But sometimes I’m not as strong as I should be
I’m here just like always and you bet 
I’m never gonna leave

I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close without touching you is hell
I tell myself maybe someday while knowing 
I only fool myself

Everyday it gets harder 
Putting feelings back upon the shelf
I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close without touching you is hell

I keep my distance from heaven 
Cause being too close while loving you is hell