The Goddess and I

Flora, flora goddess of the land I know.
Here in your shadow I did once grow.
In my childhood I played with thee.
In my adolescence you comforted me.

Fond memories I do recall,
When by your side I would so often fall.
You would show me the land, and somehow I’d see,
That the bond I share with it is not such a mystery.

And at times I often wonder,
Why do our two worlds have to be kept asunder?
For if you love me and I love thee,
Our lives should be shared; wouldn’t you agree?

Yet apart we so often must remain,
And I have only one thought that may explain:
That our worlds are separate because of this time,
Had I been born earlier it would have been no crime.