Unknowable

Forgive my lack of preparation for love lost in its translation

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Who I present myself to be
Is something different than you find
Because you, through no fault, were never seeing me
Only a collection of impressions that were never mine

Though I thought I knew your soul
I could only ever see through a veil
Of who I am and who we were
No, I don’t think I ever knew you well

And yet, I loved the one I knew
Obscured as you often were in shades of grey
Caught up in the dream, I never saw
How our paths diverged just beyond the way

For a little while, I think you loved me too
A stranger cloaked in mystery and misconceptions
Or were we only in love with ourselves
Given back to us in those reflections

We gave what we could
I know we tried
As unknowable as I was to you
And you to I.

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