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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.
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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 for...
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 ...
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
Forgo...
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 escapi...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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