The Day I Forgot You

And what day are we on,

That I have forgotten how you taste,

How your hugs once brought me rest

And filled me with joy?

What happened to the memories,

The ones I cradled close to my heart,

The ones I wrote in the margins of my diary,

Trying to be subtle,

Trying to hide what was ours

Away from them.

What happened to those songs,

The poems I wrote for you,

The dreams that lived within me,

Day and night,

Promising that one day I would see you again,

Hold you close,

Kiss you without hesitation,

And keep you in my arms

As though my life depended on it.