Adrift

We didn’t talk much in school

Was I just too aloof
or were you too shy?

I don’t know

where you’ve been, what you’ve done
your likes, your dislikes
your trials, your victories
your passions, your loves

I am befuddled, disoriented
and embarrassed

I feel shipwrecked and adrift
in the bottomless ocean of time between us

Questions flood my mind – my head spins
as I endlessly shuffle blank tiles of memories
in the fragmented mosaic of your life