In the dark hours I imagine your other lives The ones where our paths diverged Instead of came together I see you holding the hand Of another person Someone who carries The sleek gloss of Hollywood A stark contrast to my own Rumpled and unready life In these dreams You are always happy You are always laughing No one pulls away, or fights You have found the perfect person For a life of ease and joy But I also imagine myself Hovering around the edges Yearning to still know you To find some way of being Unobtrusively in your life In these dreams, I am the shadow And then I remember The photograph of our silhouettes Joined where you clasped my hand We are two shadows together
Photo by Zachary Rothstein