I cried as you lit the cigarette between your lips

And mumbled something that I can’t remember 

Things that probably meant something at one time

But have been lost to a place or space  disintegrated into endless 

I listen to your songs on the subway 

And hum stolen melodies 

That were never lived for me

But I casually pretend an insignificant existence to remember you 

As time moves on

I lose pieces of you 

And forget what anything was once about 

Isn’t it sad 

That life is like that