Realizing

A poem for realizing that it's not the same as it was

what do you say
when
you realize
and I realize
and you realize that I realize
and I realize that you realize
that
slowly, but
surely,
I do not know
who you are.

Sad, I suppose,
but
you deserve
to be who you are
and I deserve
to be who I am.

And so,
one piece of a puzzle
waves to another
who waves to the first.

They no longer fit
but
this is okay.
So I guess
then
and only then
will you realize
and I realize
and we realize
it's time to say
goodbye.