What was and cannot be,
A self I scarce recall-
A time & place, what once was me,
But none else knew at all.

The reel of mind has spun away,
Fled long to memory-
I barely was, and now I pray,
Time's missing sympathy.

No one else could see me through,
And none recall my name-
See my words, and I see you,
Recall we are the same.