Unseen
Two people
inhabit the same space.
Disconnected.
Coordinates identical.
Yet so very distant.
Untouched.
How can you sit there?
Across a table.
Arms length and acres apart.
Am I an apparition?
Sitting here, facing you.
You look but do not see.
Even as my sound enters your ears.
Vocalization unheard. Unnoted.
You hear but do not listen.
Please just respond. Please remark.
Please look at me.
See and try to understand.
Why won't you ask?
Where is your curiosity?
Will you refuse to know me?
If I am here, or not,
A cut-out.
Or, a picture would suffice.
Written September 2020