Saturday, November 28, 2009

the circles

did you see me
by the side of the road
when you passed through
the forest
the other day?
if you did, i hope you did
not greet me,
even if you knew me from
another time.

i hope you did
not offer me your water
even if i looked
parched and
weary.

did you smile, did you wait for me, even if i spoke sparingly?

did you walk with me until
the day wore down,
until you realized we were
walking through the same
places
in circles,
until you turned to ask
me about it, and
you peered into the darkness,
and I wasn't
there?

i hope you stayed away, tell me
that you didn't give me
water if you saw me by the side of
the road in the forest of
our youth, in a time when i
looked as if i needed
you,

in a time when,
when
it
looked like me.


2009.feb.06