A word or two in the afternoon

It’s like those afternoons

Going back to known faces

As you did everyday

 

It’s like those rituals

Doing with closed eyes

As you did everyday

 

They surrounded you

You were around them

Nobody talked

Everybody lived

In warmth of each other’s

 

It’s like this afternoon

Passing faces

As I do everyday

 

It’s like this routine

Ignoring with open eyes

As I do everyday

 

They surround me

I’m not around them

We speak

We don’t die

 

In the end

It really doesn’t matter

There wasn’t anybody

There’s nobody

 

It’s just another illusion