Between Us

Why am I kept
at arms distance
when there is such
greater geography
between us?

Why am I told
good bye forever
when infinity
was already felt
between us?

Why am I still
asking myself this
still thinking on
what may have been
between us?

Why am I here
writing once again
to myself and air
when past has passed
between us?

Why am I gone
from the place
we created still
looking back across
the expanse that lies
between us?

Why am I not
waving as I leave,
or crying or smiling
empty yet missing what was
between us?