"If only for the simple fact..."

If only for the simple fact

That distance nurtures ardor,

Somehow, one must adapt

To live without the other.

The parting seconds must

Be passionate and brief.

You kissed me by the bus.

I didn’t want to leave.

Although I could’ve stopped

The flow of time, this rapture’s

Reserved for cameras and not

For poetry to capture.

By God, I swear, I’ve tried

(I understood - time flies),

To savor everything that I

Could not immortalize…