who you do not recognise

 

 

you see glimpses

shades and angles

of things you might remember, but

you no longer know them

 

seeds that grew

into different trees

with stranger fruit

 

those years away

took your children

and gave you these people

in their place

 

smiles and touches

a kisses an embrace

exaggerate the lives you do not recognise

 

you try to connect

but each enquiry is diverted

in the mirror you search

but they don't appear

 

a tree grows in scale

while a butterfly is

a magician's trick

inside a cocoon -

what caused you to spin it

what happened inside ?

 

my children have disappeared

the line has broken

the change severe

I do not think they are

who they say they are