Mile Count
You’re far away
too far away,
and still you’re my best friend.
And thoughts of you don’t go away,
but I don’t want them to end.
And as times progress,
with every breath
your air collides with mine,
and my head recalls that
no mile count could make me change my mind.
Don’t worry, no,
don’t stress too much
because you’re not with me,
for miles and miles
add up and up
and it never gets easy.
But one day soon,
what was a mile
will just be a few feet.
I’ll be on the couch
and you’ll be putting dishes in the sink.
I’ll never face defeat alone
as long as you’re with me.
And we’ll wake up really early
and we’ll sleep in really late
and we’ll stay in our embrace
atop a mattress with white sheets.
Look, a little you!
A little me!
They’re just inches away.
Can you believe we spent those miles apart
just waiting for this day?
Well, I can, because
those miles never meant a thing to me.
Nor they should they to you.
I know between us two
there’s a huge distance amount,
but the way I feel,
I know it’s real
even with the mile count.
And I know it’s been a journey,
and we still have more to go,
but I feel like we connect so well,
and that’s something we both know.
What’s the point in starting something
when you know that it’s so right
if, in the end, you’d rather give it up
and not put up a fight?
There’s no point
and for that reason
I have never left your side,
even when I felt so broken
after every time I’ve cried
over you and everything that’s happened
since this first began.
Even when you said, “We cant!”
and I was screaming
“Yes we can!”
And I’m glad I kept the faith
and God always sent us back
to where we first started the race
so we could get right back on track.
I’m so thankful for the distance
and though it makes us wanna shout,
we wouldn’t be the couple that we are
without the mile count.