Was I ever Really There?

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.