The Envy of Madness

When you feel the pains
Of separation
From one you’ve never met,

When these pains of separation
Fill your eyes
With tears,

And when the tears overflow
Into your heart,
Softening it,
Rendering your limbs
Into agents of grace,

That is the sign of a love
That endures time and space;

A love that,
By its intensity,
Becomes the envy of madness itself.