Poem: Living Without Remembering

You were unaware
That this was the last time
Unaware that this was a soon to be last recollection
Of
Fingertips grazing skin
Feeding on the ninety eight point six

Your mind reduced reactions to instinct
Acting without considering the gravity of your movements
Or the motion of the planets
Much less the motion of two people
Elliptically destined to meet
Again (or so you thought)

Before thought taught you
To slow down and
Appreciate the Now
Recording everything
So you’d never forget
Details
Eyes closed, head back
Hair a swirl of golden light
Mouth crept open
Doors at oxygen’s knock

But the door has closed
And you’ve forgotten
Fished all day in the placid clear pool of remembrance
Not a bite in sight
To trouble the waters
Or tremble your soul

They always said
In their hindsight’s wisdom
This is a moment you’ll never forget

But you’ve forgotten who said that


Copyright 2005, Elijah Hubbard