i could not forget you
anymore than i could forget
the grammar and syntax it takes
to tell you i could not forget you
even now i am distracted
by thoughts of little things
that comprise you
that you would think mundane
like the way only certain hats
seem to compliment your eyes
or how you curl into yourself
at night on the couch
your nimble fingers transforming
a single thread into a pattern for life
i could not forget you
even if i were to lose you
which is not to suggest i could
or that you would leave
if that would be your will
i could not forget you
in the way that you could not forget
how to breathe or even
the beat of your own heart
even as i gather more things
to remember about you
they are never enough
that i could not add more
or confuse one with the other
whatever the days make take from me
they do not take you
even as they take other things
and change you slowly
you become more and near
until i forget the time without you
as if you have been here every day.
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