Distant Love (1995)

Once so close, and now we distant strangers meet again.
Emotionless conversation, no sign of any hidden pain.
Yet there beneath the surface lurks an ever-present ache:
No longer mine, a vile nightmare from which I can never wake.

So tense, so strained our meetings, we pass with barely a nod,
A shallow smile, a tentative wave, a "Hello" across the quad.
This was not the way we wanted it, but was there any choice?
So many memories in your eyes, such pain when I hear your voice.

I loved you then, I lost you, but still the feelings live,
Each wanted and required more than the other one could give.
So, sorrowfully, we parted and went our separate ways,
A leaden cloud of misery replacing the sunny haze.

But still I get to thinking, why did it have to end?
Memories of the happiness then leave a hole I cannot mend.
Still they try, and still they fail, their efforts all in vain,
New wooers of my heart, who know not the source of pain.

Sometimes still I get the feeling we two were meant to be,
But, fearful of the future, we decided not to see
If things could work between us, if we could make things last
And so I took the easy route, and consigned you to the past.