Warming Up

I don’t know when our world began
to melt away
                   but suddenly
we’re closer to each other than

we’ve ever been before.  
                               I see
each day a little
                       differently,
a little clearer
                     knowing that

I’m here with you;
                         I want to see
tomorrow even more.
                            It matters
to me now.  It matters that

you’re here with me,
                            that we can feel
the fire of the same sun setting

on a distant shore,
                           that we’ll

have this,
              as days turn into years,
to share,
             as distance disappears.