21. Your lovely mocking face

I picture
you
tonight

looking
at the same stars

holding
a smoke
and a glass

wearing
a silk robe

very far

holding my soul
in your hands
while I'm still
holding your
heart in mine

I picture
you
distant

alone
in a crowd

I was
sitting
next to
a pregnant woman

she told me
her baby girl
was due
the same day
you were born

and she was
considering
giving her
the name
I gave to you
changing the
first A for an E
but still

I just smiled
and looked
away

Let me
just picture you
tonight

because
that's
all I'll
ever have