Cognisance

In this picture on a desk
together, sitting in a corner,
what is noticeable is not
the blue shirt,
the blue eyes,
the brown hair,
the glasses.

This, past the heard remembrances
making claims of distance,
and fervent denials
of any closeness,
of sitting together,
of warmth,
of hands ever clasped.


In this picture on a desk
as one glows
in front of the camera
standing oblivious
not noticing
that the other's eyes
are not smiling.