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I Didn ́t Intend to Forget

I didn´t intend to forget.

I didn´t intend to kiss you and bite your lip that hard.

I didn´t intend to smile so much.

I didn´t intend to be found on top of some stranger.

When I woke up, it was all a dream,

My memory wiped clean everything I would have wanted to forget.

But when I want to remember,

It isn´t there.

I didn´t mean to drink so much

Except have you ever felt so free?

I was free and unafraid.

That guy thinks I´m cute? Good thing I have no problem talking to him.

I want another drink? Good thing I can charm myself into another free gin and tonic.

Free drinks. Free me.

I remember that it all tasted like water:

My body needed it and I was constantly thirsty for more.

I remember at first there was a burning sensation in my throat,

But eventually all the ***** slid into my stomach with ease

Like I had been doing this for years.

Getting drunk seemed like fun.

The music was loud, the room was dark enough,

Who would know?

Except everyone knew.

Everyone knows.

They know I can´t remember,

Or maybe they can´t remember if I remember.

I didn´t intend to kiss you

Or even meet you in the first place.

I should have just gone home,

But I wanted my new discovered water so bad

And I was dying of thirst.

I didn´t intend to have no control over my actions

My words

My memory.

I didn´t intend to be found on top of some stranger

With sores covering his face and hated by the town.

I didn´t intend to be found on top of the local drug addict.

I didn´t intend to be an addict,

But my body needed water.

I didn´t intend to find scrates all over my body.

Were they from his nails?

Or did I fall over on the pavement that many times?

I didn´t intend to be sick or create a mess,

Except how do I apologize for something I don´t remember?

How can I hold myself with dignity anymore?

How can I confidently say that he didn´t take advantage of me

When I don´t remember?

Maybe if I drink water again,

I will forget that I ever forgot.

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ashlyn-kriegel
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May 27, 2014
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