The Great Divide (Updated)

I felt it most when you were close

 

My arms are open

Outstretched and reaching for you

Inviting you inside of them

Ready to embrace you again

 

My heart is open

Yearning to beat alongside yours

Close enough to fill the great divide

                              But far enough apart to take it back again

I’m ready to forgive the past

But I’m hesitant to give myself back

I’m as vulnerable as I’ve ever been

But you won’t let me in

 

Your arms are closed

And your heart is, too

You took yourself away from me

And you widened the great divide