Separation

There is no acknowledgment
in her eyes
that she sees me in this room
across the years
since the two of us
went our separate ways
she and I
as we were quantum particles
in the very same place at once
as if I were really there.

She stares at a point in time
through her eyes and mine
knowing what can't be said
sensing what can't be known
that she and I
will always be apart
even in this crowded room.