I wonder what time can do
To my memories of you
Can it pull you out from my heart
Make me really forget?
I wouldn't even miss you
If I'd forget who you are
I wouldn't even know you
My heart from yours, so far
I wouldn't think to thank you
As I use your advice you gave
I wouldn't even know it's yours
If time can take memories away
So I write as I do wonder
As I fear it may indeed
I'll write what I remember
So time cannot succeed
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written 2011
I like this. I think it can also be used in a way of actually wanting to forget a person. If all you were left with was the good times and advice they gave but not the memories, sometimes it might be easier.
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ReplyDeleteMAZAL TOV, DEVORAH for getting another piece published in AMI!
ReplyDeleteyour poetry continues to impress me in ways that go straight to my heart. so sophisticated!
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