EXCUSE ME

DO I KNOW YOU?

I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES

AND SEE A FAMILIAR PAST THERE.

PLACES I HAVE BEEN,

THINGS I HAVE SEEN,

ALL THERE LOOKING BACK AT ME.

CHALLENGING ME TO RETURN TO THE

SAFETY OF TIMES GONE BY.

SO POWERFUL I AM INSTANTLY IMMERSED

IN A COCOON OF BEFORE.

WHEN TIMES AND I WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

SOUNDS AND VOICES RUSH INTO

MY MIND PHYSICALLY PUSHING ME BACK.

STILL IN YOUR REACH

YOU TOUCH ME AND I CAN FEEL

ALL THOSE YESTERDAYS THROUGH YOUR TOUCH.

I KNOW TO STRUGGLE WOULD BE USELESS,

SO I INVITE THE PAST INSIDE REVELLING IN DAYS GONE BY.

AND THOUGH NOT ALWAYS GOOD THE

PAST IN MY MIND IS KIND.

I AM COVERED IN A SOFT, WARM, BLANKET OF MEMORIES.

CARESSING AND HOLDING ME CLOSELY AS A LOVER WOULD.

BUT THEN ALL TOO QUICKLY THE CONNECTION IS BROKEN.

I BLINK AND BREATHE BRINGING MYSELF

BACK TO THE PRESENT.

I LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE WORLD CONTINUING ON,

UNAWARE AND UNCONCERNED WITH WHAT

HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN THOSE MICROSECONDS OF TIME.

YOURS EYES FIND MINE AND AS WE PASS EACH

OTHER WE SMILE.

THE QUESTION RISES AGAIN THIS TIME

WITH AN ANSWER.

DO I KNOW YOU............NO......

NOT AT PRESENT

BUT SOME OTHER TIME,

SOME WHERE ELSE,

SOME OTHER PLACE,

MAYBE........................

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