i.) sink. no, not into water
or into a mattress or even into another person
sink into the spaces between
those memories that ache,
the holes where maybe there is peace
if you are the type that searches 
for that kind of thing, but really
there is only silence
and the real one looking to forget knows
silence is enough, it has to be

ii.) run away from who you were,
from the body that made all the pain
you are trying to forget, run up
the street and up the sky and up up
away from the way a body grounds you,
keeps you trapped in the things 
that want to keep you awake at night

iii.) learn to have no ears because 
yes, we have all heard of memories 
that scream, but what about
the ones that whisper?
it is incessant 
how they taunt in low, raspy voices
all of the mistakes you made
the missteps you took
and there is no way to strangle
a voice that has no mouth, no throat

iv.) just stop. it won't happen
not really 
unless there is enough time
and that is if you are lucky
to have a mind that is not clingy,
a mind that does not hold onto
every memory as though they 
are what keeps it going