Everywhere I go,
everywhere I look,
everything I see,
reminds me of you.
You chase me down the highway,
follow me into every room,
stare at me from every wall,
and talk to me every day.
I run away from you
at the mall,
I wonder if you are behind every corner.
I get in the car,
and drive to nowhere,
in order to escape the memory of you.
I saw you at the car wash the other day,
across the street from the record store,
where we wandered the aisles
of forgotten music.
I tried to remember where you were
when I saw you last.
You invade my sleep.
I feel your warm body next to mine,
until I grasp the cold pillow
in the dark.
I make the bed in the morning,
to remind me of you.
I try to be quiet
when I leave the room
while you are sleeping,
until I remember that you aren’t there anymore.
Sometimes I try to escape the memories;
But, then, I remember that I want them in my life.
Remember and forget.
Forget and remember.
Life is harder than it used to be.
