Moment

A casual mention of your name
displaces clarity
until the light bulb sparks to life,
beams dispersing the fog on my mind.

You were my everything
I find you in every thing -
books on shelves,
lyrics in songs,
memories under weights
that I'm either too weak to lift
or too wise to bring back.

And yet

I forgot you.
I forgot who I promised to never forget.
I forgot what life
won't let stay forgotten.
I forgot how much
I wish I could forget.

How I wish I could forget.
How could I forget?