::Gone::
You smile at me as you pass by,
Then go along your happy way;
But were you really smiling at me?
Has smile been fake every single day?
You never ask how I am feeling
When you "see" me in the halls;
You never respond to anything I say,
You will not return my calls.
How could you know? You did not ask,
It seemed to me you did not care.
We never spoke, we never met,
It was as if you were not there.
But maybe is wasn't you at all,
Perhaps it's me that's not all here,
For the things that now scare me the most
Were once the things I held so dear.
Did I die? Did I fade?
Did I simply lose my mind?
Or did time itself move on without me?
Have I again been left behind?
I guess if I have moved away,
Then the time has come, you must move on;
And don't worry about wondering if YOU'RE still real,
For I'm the one who's really gone.
Copyright 2001 Caitlin Carlson
