Derealization

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A depressing, dolly-zoomed". I also liked the third stanza's description of this emotionless place you're in. Especially the lines "Even with my lover / No flutter in my heart." I liked the image, and I haven't heard "flutter in my heart" in a poem before, but it fit so well here.

My interpretation of the poem is that you're not describing a place, but a time. When you're older and everything feels dull and already gone. I think this might even play out in the afterlife. And you're re-watching (if you are in the afterlife then probably literally) all the choices you made. To me, you perfectly describe those moments where you don't feel like your choices far in the past were really yours.

The pause between the fourth and the last stanza is also a good idea. It adds weight to the final words, I can really imagine you not believing what you're seeing and having to pause. Overall, I really liked the poem!