Once, I Knew You

Once, I knew you
or I thought I did
many years ago.
But personal ken vanishes
with time and distance
as it always does.
Not that it ever existed.
To begin with,
I may have dreamed it.
Some sort of fantasy
of my own making.
Not reality, false perception
or wishful thinking.
Too long ago,
too far away
to know.
In any case,
our realities are now far apart.
Our directions
not the same.
Once, I knew you
or I didn't.
Isn't it all the same?