The Forgetting (Poetry)
The face, in this picture Looks sort, of familiar The eyes I have seen But the name rather distant When was the time, the immeasurable date My thoughts are blurry and mutated I’ve forgotten it, don’t remember bliss Too long ago and too far away (it all slipped away) If we ever kissed, memory’s a ship That sailed long ago and so far away (it all slipped away) A lover stranger than fiction Dragged by the winds ‘til barely a whisper The years a mausoleum Ancient and inconsistent When was goodbye? It escapes all my guesses The eternal sunshine of repression I’ve forgotten it, don’t remember bliss Too long ago and too far away (it all slipped away) If we ever kissed, memory’s a sh...