I Forgot I Loved You

By ledru

Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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How can I stop that buzzing noise?
How do I stop the lights flashing in my face?
I used to see form and hold my memories,
but those are slipping away from me now.
 
I look at my body in the mirror ;
my firm belly, tempting your fingers to ride rough along the ridges.
my claw-like finger, scratching the button-like measles scar on my bum.
A nordic compass tattooed on my back.
These are here to stay, but my mind shakes and shimmers.
 
I try to slow down my eating,
I sing along to myself as I race down hills on my bike.
As if today,
I remember as a distraught child being taught that
the square I'd drawn was not a good fucking rectangle.
 
But when I try to hold your face,
it ripples slowly
reflected in a moon-lit lake.
You wink and your slight smile lifts,
sending goosebumps shivering down my arms.
As I feel my history slipping like sand through my fingers
I forget how much I loved you. 
Certificate 15
Poem
How it's Made : Me
Love

Comments

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

This is good. Did you write this one from the Hollie Mcnish workshop? We haven't seen you at the Slam for ages.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by ledru on

It was such an inspirational workshop. I haven't managed to get the slam recently, sorry. Would love to when I get a chance, they are most excellent evenings. Hope you and the slam are going well. Thx