29). What Happened Afterwards

modern poetry

What happened, and what happened afterwards?
We were able to remember being easy-going when he was there;
Not then.
That's why
No one thought about him.
Only about the events,
Itinerary light-embroidered,
The same type of character that's left out
Came in later.
Multi-faceted,
Chameleonic,
Changeable, multi-faceted, and chameleonic.
You don't get involved in the details.
Time goes by without you.
Time goes by without them.
Living roles,
Insecure,
Dependant on involvement,
Dependant on existing,
Ego-bounded.
Run in
Concepts.
If you care about someone,
What would it have to do with them, and what would it have to do with you?
Extended.
You, apart from other people,
One and back to you.
Who each is,
Reference.


"What Happened Afterwards," poem twenty-nine of "Lettersongs,"
unpublished work © 2008, Lisa Page Weil.  All rights reserved.