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i forgot to not let you taint my city, to not associate my buildings with you. i forgot that when you’d leave, your portrait would be left. i forgot to not let you do that. i forgot not to let you spray paint your words all over my haunts. i forgot to erase your handprints off my sidewalks, my walls, matter of fact... i forgot not to let you touch. i forgot not to let you sit on my bench, in my park, you almost kissed me... i forgot to scrub that out. now it’s too late. indelible graffiti that the others can see. i forgot at the library, listening to your words, i forgot not to etch them into my brain. like a broken record, i hear them over and over. i forgot i wouldn’t be able to get that out. i forgot not to let shooting stars remind me of you. 11:11 i always forget not to make a wish for you. i forgot that i wasn’t supposed to compare him to you. i forgot not to memorize your hands. your lips. your hair, skin, eyes on me. i forgot now you’re here like a ghost longing to be put to rest. haunting me in my head, in my heart on my sleeve. i forgot that in the end, when i remembered, that it would be too late to erase. did you want me to forget? because i remember
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Jan 12, 2013
Jan 12, 2013 at 9:44 PM UTC
i forgot
i forgot to not let you taint my city, to not associate my buildings with you. i forgot that when you’d leave, your portrait would be left. i forgot to not let you do that. i forgot not to let you spray paint your words all over my haunts. i forgot to erase your handprints off my sidewalks, my walls, matter of fact... i forgot not to let you touch. i forgot not to let you sit on my bench, in my park, you almost kissed me... i forgot to scrub that out. now it’s too late. indelible graffiti that the others can see. i forgot at the library, listening to your words, i forgot not to etch them into my brain. like a broken record, i hear them over and over. i forgot i wouldn’t be able to get that out. i forgot not to let shooting stars remind me of you. 11:11 i always forget not to make a wish for you. i forgot that i wasn’t supposed to compare him to you. i forgot not to memorize your hands. your lips. your hair, skin, eyes on me. i forgot now you’re here like a ghost longing to be put to rest. haunting me in my head, in my heart on my sleeve. i forgot that in the end, when i remembered, that it would be too late to erase. did you want me to forget? because i remember
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Jan 12, 2013
Jan 12, 2013 at 9:44 PM UTC
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