photograph

Your face has changed

you're looking into the camera

armed

with the cheesiest

toothiest

grin

and behind you is the landscape

of your latest vacation

it's majestic

and i can tell that i'm getting the tail end

the cropped image

of this place this perfect paradise.

and all i can wonder is

are u alone?

Is it a vacation for two?

You haven't changed at all

your face is still the same

same eyes

same beard

same

cheesy toothy

grin

but behind your eyes

behind the pixels

and the thin veil

separating us

i remember the swimming dreamy milky sea

behind your eyes

i remember your sadness and your worried puppy look

are you as happy now as you look?

i remember nursing you

without regret

i don't hate you

for what you are

i hated you for what you did

but its all far away now

behind the pixels

of your eyes

and your magical vacation

(maybe for two)

and your cheesy toothy grin

and the epic landscape

and your smart phone in your dumb hands

your sensitive hands

your own

far-away hands