From Afar

From afar, from afar.
Always from afar.

Come close, I could not
Lest I frighten you
And you turn away.

Touch you I could not
For fear that you shatter
And I could not bring you back.

Watch you, only from afar.
Always from afar,
From behind my dark glass.

Why must this distance be so?
Why must you catch my eye?
Why must I be so enamoured?

From afar, from afar.
Must it be this way
Always from afar?