Wednesday, November 24, 2010

remember

I don't remember meeting you,
I'm sorry what was your name?

I don't remember greeting you
on a walkway on a Sunday.

I don't remember anything /about your wedding day/
especially the way you looked in your wedding dress /whispered white and glowing/.

I don't remember you laughing or singing
as I passed you on the roadway

I don't remember meeting you
I don't remember when you showed up to party
I shouldn't have been at.

I don't remember anything
about tears that coursed
down your cheeks when he said goodbye.

I don't remember seeing you
one block away and giggling
late one night and I...

Certain don't know
why my numbers on your phone.
Nor do I have a small collection
of everything you ever wrote me.