Memories in waves

Memories of you come into focus
and go
Like waves breaking on the beach.
And each time they go,
Just as the waves strip away the loose sand,
A piece of it fades away, replaced
With what I imagine
used to be there.

A jigsaw that falls apart with each blink
And I sketch in the gaps.

Because of this
I forget how things used to be
I forget how you made me feel
And I fill the gaps with a sketch
An imitation.
Sand that wasn’t there before.

Soon enough its no longer memory
But fallacy.
And I have forgotten
What you did,
Why I left,
And wonder if it was my fault.