Was I Ever Really There?
By KG Carroll
Sometimes I sit and stare out the window,
looking at the leaves on the trees and letting
my mind wander to the point I don’t know what I’m thinking of anymore.
When I comeback I know not how long I’ve been gone.
Has any of that time meant anything at all?
I wonder what others think I’m doing in this state.
Was I aware at all?
People tell me they have had awesome talks with me,
I have no memory of any of them at all.
What does that mean about them or me?
Can I be there and not be there at the same time?
It most be so since it happens all the time,
so once again was I ever there at all?
Can a mind be there and the body some-
place else or is the body there and the mind somewhere else?
I guess if I have left an imprint on another’s memory,
I must have been there after all.