POEM: Eternal Memory (I Don’t Remember)
“Do you remember?” he asked.
I was silent for a long moment.
“Okay, I understand” he said and he walked away.
And I was standing on the dark, shiny wet road
Spotted by the reflection of the street lamps
Thinking, “Do you really?”
Do I remember?
When I hug someone
My arms seems to move in the air in one particular way
Looking for a space they’ve known
And don’t ever seem to find again
Of all the names that I’ve ever been called
One particular funny abbreviation
that someone occasionally chances upon
sends a little, warm tingling through my stomach
When I’m sad
I think of a time the time I was the saddest I’ve ever been
And it doesn’t seem that bad anymore
Except that first moment still hurts, when i think of it.
And my celebrations and achievements
Seem to feel a little less than complete
Even when I share them with my whole world
Because there’s one missing
No, I don’t remember.
You can only remember if you’ve forgotten first.
your final lines do carry a PUNCH… i just loved the last lines again… i will never remember it, coz i wudnt have forgotten that in the first place 🙂
“No, I don’t remember.
You can only remember if you’ve forgotten first.”
So very true!!!
yup ! true indeed!
wow… floored with a lump in my throat – this came at a perfect time thank you
Its beautiful.I wish i could forget.But memory remains.
Neat! :))
well said!!
sense, at last!
karthik
beautiful…
“When I hug someone
My arms seems to move in the air in one particular way
Looking for a space they’ve known
And don’t ever seem to find again”
BRILLIANT!!!
Miss-stupendous-memory-don’t-forget-so
-don’t-remember-and-write-stunning-lines
…… How’ve you been doing? Do good, be good 🙂
and oye…. you udaaofied my blog from your blogroll?? … itta gussa kyun baba ??
:((
I read a mind book where to cure absent mindedness was not to forget in the first place or let the issue be out of sight, out of mind.
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Beautiful! Every para rings so true.
If only one could forget, life would have been so much simpler!
wow… that ending came out of nowhere. excellent writing.–>
There….
another unfinished conversation..another heartbreak…another evening spent alone.
girl…. you make me want to cry….and enjoy it.
@ Someonearbit: That’s SOME compliment, you know? Thank you.
Hey… this one’s beautiful too…
Yep, when did I ever forget to remember.. 🙂
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