If I knew you,
I do not know you now,
For you left as strangers leave,
Quickly, and without real meaning.

If I needed you,
I know you could never meet another’s need.
A role such as yours was not meant to be played
On a stage such as mine

If I wanted you,
It was as darkness wants light.
I saw in you that which
I could never see in myself.

If I loved you,
For that I'm sorry.
You were a brilliant star but briefly in my orbit,
And never capable of love.

And if I miss you.....

12/13/97