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E Jan 24
I'd give you my heart
I'd give you my time
but I only have
so little left

I might ask you to wait
to let me remember
but I know you'd wait
until it's too late

So I just ask
you let me go
and that you know
it's not your fault

My memory is a blank page
and it's not helping you
so put down your pen
and let yourself forget

It was never easy
and it was never going to be
Just please remember:
"It's not your fault."
I hope you know I don't blame you.
E Jan 24
I sit in a field
full of flowers

I'm waiting for someone
but I can't remember who

I'm hoping for something
but I can't remember what

I hope there's something
after this

But I'm not so sure
there's anything left

Sometimes I think I'm stuck
With nothing left to go back to


That maybe no one is coming
And I'm all alone

It's dark here
and far too cold

I hope there's a way out
but I don't think there is

I'm in a field of flowers
and it is my gilded cage
I don't like this but I'm not going to let you hurt yourself just to help me
E Jan 24
I wish you'd forget
whatever it was
about me you used to know
Because I don't remember me
and it's only hurting you

I wish you would forget
the things I said
when I was trying to help
Or selfishly trying to be remembered
and it's only hurting you

I wish you would forget
whatever it was we used to share
I know you care
but I do too
and it's only hurting you

I wish you'd forget me
whatever it is you'd remember
my smile or my tears
my laughter or my fears
Because it's only hurting you

And I wish you'd forget me.
For Niko. I'm sorry.
E Jan 23
Bits of the past
Like puzzle pieces
You try to fit them together
But you can't make a puzzle
Without all the pieces

Memories are fragile
The cardboard pieces fall apart
Under even the slightest pressure
Water of tears
Or fire of anger

The past is like a puzzle piece
Desperately trying to put it
Back together
But you can't make a puzzle
Without all the pieces

Sometimes you think you have it
Only to realize it doesn't fit
Because you don't remember
Why can't you remember?
The pieces don't fit.

You can't make a puzzle
Without all the pieces.
E Jan 23
Time slips through my fingers
Like sand it falls
Down, down, down
I try to catch it
But it's all in vain

I'd like to try again
To pick it back up
To turn back and redo
Maybe there's something better
But it only brings pain

I think there's something
Somewhere in this hourglass
But if there is I can't find it
I've wasted so much time
Trying to count each grain

They tried to warn me
It was a waste of time
There's no remembering
There's no fixing it
But I try again even if it's in vain
E Jan 23
Nice cars
White picket fence
Shoes lined neatly by the door
And nothing on the floor

Running out of time

A suit and tie
And you rush out
Out the door
And onto the streets

Hurry, hurry, running out of time

Down the street
Through the crowd
The ticking of your watch
A mockery of your pace

Too late, too slow

Your lungs and throat burn
Tears sting your eyes
The watch ticks on
You never were good at running

*Too late.

— The End —