I cannot know your hidden soul
nor your slice of future time
I see you, but for a moment,
as you change before me
Could I but reach that second,
where you once were
To know your unique truth,
but alas you are gone.
And so I chase after you
and grasp at empty air
Where you once stood
I catch the shadow of your last step
I will never catch you darling
but will catch only a glimpse
— from time to time —
I am the past looking at you,
and your eyes are to the future.
When you look back, I see you,
but you are a mystery to me
I am a mystery to you too, a father,
but a man you will hardly know
Until one strange day when you look back,
and see me— as I see you now.
to you AOH/ps/smoh
