between you and i lies this place

when you saw me, what did you see?

i want to know
what you saw.
please.

tell me.

was i any different
than the way you
remember me?

did i look happy?
did i look happy
without you?

when you saw me, what did you see?

was everything different?
was i the same?
was it a second chance,
or was it a goodbye?

when you saw me, what did you see?

while i was sitting there with you,
talking, smiling, laughing,
could you see
that while you were there,
you are never here ...

that while i have lost you,
i will never stop
losing
you

to this place
lying between
you and i


*Dedicated to the late Stanislaw Lem.