How Near How Far

Looking back in time Through verses set in nursery rhyme At oil painted eyes Of muses left behind I swear I know not why Those eyes have always left me dry She stands with arms stretched out Towards the mountains and the clouds Oil painted eyes Blind yet hypnotized I swear I know not why Those eyes have always left me dry Me dry How near, how far, how lost they are How near, how far, how lost they are How near, how far, how lost they are How near, how far, how lost they are How near, how far, how lost they are How near, how far I've rendered every line Every contour of a muse's eye Painted in my mind On canvases of time I swear I know not why Those eyes have always left me dry Me dry Me dry