Sometimes I Forget

Sometimes I forget.

I forget how beautiful

You are

And how no one

In all the world

Can ever replace you.

When I forget,

I settle

For what is less,

I try to fill that big void

In my heart

With things

That could never fill it

No matter how hard I try

Or how long I look.

When I forget,

I do all sorts

Of foolish things,

Just so I can

Numb that ache

That never seems

To go away,

That seems to tell me more

Than what I can presently

Understand.

In truth,

It is this very ache,

This inner wound

That eventually reminds me

That there is something

Out there that is

Far bigger and more wonderful

Something far more satisfying

Than I can ever dream about.

There is something

There is someone

Who alone

Can reach

The very depths if me,

Who alone can touch

My very soul,

And even if I may forget

I know he will find a way

To bring me home.

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