A Minute of Forgetting

Waking up in the moment of a lifetime

Where the pain subsides and I can breathe easy again

Until I see the light of a passion lost

Not just to time but to an eternity

An eternity that will live forever in the memories that I held

The memories that I crafted in my own hubris

Because I did not know how to leave well enough alone

And now I am alone in a room that feels so full

The seat in front of me is taken but I see no one sitting there

Because they are not the ones who hold claim to that place

I wonder for a moment if you see the same thing

Sitting in the darkness of your heart

So desolate and cold to touch that no one dares come near it

I forget about it in the moment of my waking

That I used to be the warmth that thawed the ice

The sun that shined its light within the darkness

All of the smiles and the laughter we shared

Forgetting about the world and everyone in it

So that we may be happy for once

While we get beaten and abused by everyone around us

Judged and tormented by the ones we trusted

Until there was nothing left of us to recognize

I look in the mirror and see the circles under your eyes

I see the grey strands in your hair

And I see the smile you throw on for everyone to see

What I do not see is the sparkle in your eyes

There is no hint of the dreamer you used to be

No big ideas to sharpen your quill with

Just a hazed over shell of who you used to be

Of who we used to be

Lost forever in our forgetting