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Forget Me Here, Forget Me Not
Forget Me Here, Forget Me Not
Though in my bed I hunker down to sleep,
I think of you alone, sleeping in a cot
I like to wonder what you think of it all
Forgotten here, but forgotten not.
I find myself wondering about your final phrases
As you continue to suffocate and rot
It is of nothing but pure interest and question,
Forgotten here, am I forgotten not?
Am I to be like that pillar of sand,
The humanity of the wife of Lot
Who turns back to see the destruction -
Instructed forgotten here, but forgotten not.
Tears are not good enough, I need words
But words are too complex for thought
And if thought is nothing useful,
Everything is for not.
I am at this point,
Where I am ready to stop
But I remember to continue
Some may have forgotten here, but never forgot.
I find myself thinking about your memory
On which I am possibly but a blot
I pride myself on the thought of you again,
Forget me here, forget me not.
Live with your life, live with your retention
For even in life I might’ve grabbed your attention
And when I come to discover that it was all for not,
There is still an inkling;
Forget me here, forget me not.
