i am forgetful

i fail to remember
what day it is
my studies
my future to-do tasks
i allow my mind to wander
and forget

but the memories
of you
will never evacuate my mind
the way your lip curls up when you smile
or how you turn away when you laugh
i won't forget
the way you look straight into my eyes
when you speak

it's funny how I seem to remember
the significant things
and forget the
unimportant

the memory of you
is fading away
like the old photographs
of our smiling faces

but you will always
have a home in my heart
always

and although we sit
around the table
and laugh and
tell stories

I hope you know
you will not be forgotten
and that you are on my mind
daily