Amnesia

I don’t want to forget,
But I likely will
Forget the touch of your hands on mine,
The way you loved me unconditionally,
It’s as if amnesia has taken over
I’m not the same being I used to be.

I don’t want to forget,
But I likely will,
The way you raised me
The ways you shaped my little mind
I don’t want to forget.

I’m forgetting.
I’m forgetting days when we did nothing,
And those we did everything.
I’m forgetting who you were back then,
Forgetting who I am now,
I see you clearly now,
My life a blur,
You are my constant.

I don’t want to forget,
But I likely will,
Forget the way you hugged me,
The way you made my pain go away.
I don’t want to forget,
Because every moment not remembering,
Is a moment I fret.