Writing Prompt
POEM STARTER
Write a poem about a time that you forgot something.
It could be an important event, a mundane appointment, or a personal belonging. Whatever it is, try to tap into the emotions you feel when you realise you've forgotten something.
Writings
Full Of Forget
Did you forget her name? Did you forget her face? Did you forgot her passionate embrace?
You said it meant nothing That it was a mistake Did you bring her to orgasm or did she fake?
Did you enjoy it? Did she? Was it better with her or with me?
You say you forgot her name? Yet nothing will ever be the same
You seem to be full of forget When you should be full of regret…
You may have forgotten her name… But you didn’t remember mine, Or your vow to be forever thine…
For A Moment, I Forgot
Just a moment, Fleeting, Yet holding on to time
It slipped my mind The thought of you Your existence It seized to hold space For a fleeting Time consuming moment I forgot
And you will never forget again Never laugh Never cry Never smile Never party Again. Never be alive Feel life Again.
How selfish To forget As if there will ever be a time That pink skies do not make me think of you A time when the word “hunny” Does not enrage a feeling of melancholy So bitter For it is the word you shared for each other It is the word that made her smile When you left You took her smile with you, Still breathing, Pieces of her lying with you Her world shattering When yours ended And i forgot… For a fleeting, Time consuming moment You slipped my mind
It Seems I’ve Forgotten
Forgot to change my laundry from the washer to the dryer. Forgot about the dishes sitting in the drying rack Forgot to put the downspouts down before the thunderstorm Forgot for a second that you didn’t love me back.
Forgot to write my journal entry Forgot to have more than one meal Forgot to call the bank last night Forgot how your betrayal feels
Forgot about the turned on fire place Forgot to clean my desk. Again. Forgot that practice is Tuesdays, not Thursdays Forgot that my scars were deep wounds then
Forgot about the pluged in hairdryer Forgot about the running van Forgot that I was booked on Friday When you asked if I had plans
Forgot that I had said ‘no more’ When you inquired about a date Forgot that I had told you your ‘sorry’ Had come too late
Forgot every warning sign Forgot my keys Forgot that my no should mean no And you can’t say ‘please’
Forgive and forget seems to be my style Since I forgot the pain And the broken heart that I was holding Yet couldn’t explain
Forgot about my great aunt’s birthday Forgot my library books And yet a little voice in the back of my head reminds me of what you took
Forgot to vaccum last week Forgot what I meant to say But by some miracle up above I remember to walk away
Remembered love is unconditional And it goes both ways Remembered I’m worth more than money buys Remembered to change the laundry today
The Fog
I forgot what its like to feel
For even after finding my way through the fog I left so much behind
My emotions shattered like glass on concrete
I once struggled to stay alive
To fight to live another day
But now I have escaped
And not a single day could ever be as bad as my past
It could never be as dark.
I wish I could forget the years I was trapped in the fog
But I can’t
Even after escaping the darkness
The nightmares stay
As I fear the fog will come back
My mind fears darkness so much it wont let me feel even shade.
I just wish I could cry tears of sadness
The fog took so much away from me
But I thank it every day
For without it I would not appreciate laughter
Or a smile finally appearing on my face
I would not be thankful for the feeling of happiness that I finally can feel once again
Thankful that I AM and I WANT to be alive
Something I once never wished to be
So while the fog was once my enemy and my world
I can finally say
I beat one of the deadliest evils and can finally see clearly
Do You Remember ?
Do you remember ? Scream after another Crashes surrounding So shall my song suffer Treading thy anger abounding Do you remember ? Rounds of thy insatiable punch Nerves shaken, never dead Wishing for human touch Words wished to be unsaid Do you remember ? Future thrown to fire Twisted memory forgotten Cries sinking in everlasting mire Trauma begotten Do you remember ?
I Know You.. I Know I Do
I don’t remember your face or your name or your favourite colour or your favourite film. I have no idea who you are, but I know I lost you. I lost something.
I don’t recall a single memory of you, But I know you were there. I remember that you made me smile And laugh I remember how warm you made me feel, cozy.
I can’t remember if we were lovers Or just friends Or perhaps sibling But I know you were relevant, I know I didn’t want to lose you.. But I did.
A dark cloud came, Swept you away. I can see myself crying And I can hear your voice calling my name But is it really your voice? Did you sounds like that?
I can’t remember how your house looks Or your room Even though I know I went there I went there all the time And I know you had a teddy you treasured But what was its name? What did it look like?
Who are you? What is your name? Why can’t I remember you? Were you more than a friend? What did we do together?
Do you still remember me?
Blurry Memories of Us
I can’t seem to recall, The way we once were, I think of us then, But it’s all a blur.
You looking at me, Me shying away. But why was I hiding? Why was it this way?
We’re fine as we are, But I miss the thrill, Of when your skin touched mine, And I was held still.
I forget how we changed, Yet I’m always reminded, That we’re not the same, The truth has me blinded.
I’m lost under a spell, Of how love can grow. It’s stuck in my brain And can’t seem to go.
We are not shrinking, But we aren’t above. We’re blindly trapped. Can’t fall more in love.
I forgot all my dreams Where we were together. We were meant to be, Together forever.
Now things are gone, We’re falling apart. Soon we will be broken. You’re breaking my heart!