titanic

moments magnified
world a'swirl
tumbling and crumbling
and i never even
knew you
at all
our instant kinship
and years of friendship
discarded
with no preamble
and i've racked my brain
for a catalyst
a thing i missed
but no error so titanic
that wholesale destruction,
the sinking of
so grand an enterprise
as we were,
could be warranted
that i can find
and i cannot lie
i mind
it bothers me
it niggles
even now
years later
when repair
or reparations are
impossible
were we even
accidentally to meet
for i still twinge
at your memory

like an old scar
it itches