At times like these,
I wish I wasn't so far away.

I wish I could make you
laugh your troubles away.

I wish I could be there with you,
and show you the loyalty,
the strength,
the steely eyed determination,
the passion,
the empathy,
that have always existed,
deep within this delicate frame,
of mere flesh and bone.

I wish you could know,
that I feel the pain deeply.

I wish you could experience,
all this, first hand.

All you need,
is the key.

Exploring a thought, an emotion, a feeling is the crux of good poetry. This poem does that. Good job, Ian.

Les