Between Her and Me

Between Her and Me
Between her and me, a gap as wide as heaven from earth
but when the moon rises it is her world
when I drive she comes in through the window and sits beside me
even when I race back the other way she comes right along
when I pull over she is there first, leaning on a utility pole
I cannot reach her
yet she goes on ahead of me
while I turn on the radio and listen to music
she closes her eyes and thinks about my meals
along the main street with its countless onlookers
while I pass the shop windows she irons my clothes
her clear heart tosses me a smile at any hour
in the dark she holds me even more hotly, eyes full of tears
wraps me in her hidden jewel box and turns the lock
my heart, locked in her, lives apart from me
all day long I spend looking for the daytime moon
while the calm moonlight takes its many selves and lives in her world
I try to break free of her inner room and her kitchen
but in the evening I end up following the moonlight to the moon