Ode to a long-distance friend

I don’t love you as well as I’d like to

Life gets in the way but that’s no excuse

To not love you as well as I’d like to

I don’t call you as much is I ought to

These days there’s no operator to connect through

Still I don’t call you as much as I ought to

But I love you

Though I may seem removed

Please don’t let my apathy be

The only thing to translate through

‘Cause there’s no life that’s not lived beside you

I love you though I don’t show it

As well as i'd like to