Something you may not have seen...

It must have slipped your mind
How I used to laugh, sit, stroke your hair or even
how I used to look!
Your memory might have erased
my saddening presence,
my belittling talks, and
my crazy ways.
However, in the conundrum of daily life
you might have missed something,
a vibe, a feel, a touch, a look...
you may not have seen something around you recently,
a face that remembers all that you were,
and all that you can be.

You might not have noticed my absence
but in the presence of your absence
I have noticed the dreams that were shattered
as you broke your promises, one by one.
I have seen the ugly faces of all those unfulfilled desires
which you left inside me.
And in my loneliness,
I have found friends in the Sun, the birds, fresh morning dew and
my solitary long way back home.