Time keeps rolling like a river. Sad, overused metaphor. But, true nonetheless. We remember, but we also forget, and live our lives day to day the best we can. Accept the yin and yang, and get busy living.
Remember And Forget
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I look
Everything I see
Reminds me of you.
You chase me on the highway
Follow me into every room
Stare at me from every wall
And talk to me every day.
I run away from you
At the mall
I wonder if you are behind every corner
I get in the car
And drive to nowhere
In order to escape the memory of you.
I saw you at the car wash the other day
Across the street from the record store
Where we wandered the aisles
of forgotten music
and tried to remember where you were
when I saw you last.
You invade my sleep.
I feel your warm body next to mine
Until I grasp the cold pillow
in the dark.
I make the bed in the morning
to remind me of you.
I try to be quiet
when I leave the room
Until I remember that you aren’t there anymore.
Sometimes I try to escape the memories
And then I remember that I want them in my life.
Remember and forget.
Forget and remember.