“Close to You”

As Karen Carpenter sang

“Close to You”

I sit here thinking

How I’d like being

“Close to You”.

Something changed

Did I do something

Was it me?

Your picture is fading

A wall is growing

And the door is locked

So that even Karen’s beautiful voice

Fails to get me

“Close to You”. 

2^nd February 2002, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.