Forget You Not

I wish I didn’t have to forget the feeling I felt when we first met

I wish I didn’t have to forget your smiles I felt on my chest

I wish I didn’t have to forget singing in the car to our favorite music

I wish I didn’t have to forget all the ways that we still connect

I wish I didn’t have to forget your glares of “did you shut up yet?”

I wish I didn’t have to forget the way you clean up my mess

I wish I didn’t have to forget how much you’ve taught me about mindset

I wish I didn’t have to forget the way your kiss felt on my lips

I wish I didn’t have to forget your laugh when you meant it

I wish I didn’t have to forget wiping away your tears after an apocalypse

I wish I didn’t have to forget the way your eyes light up when your dreams are met

I wish I didn’t have to forget the tension between our hips

I wish I could forget the way you don’t love me like you do her

I wish I could forget how you’re so perfect, could’ve been my cure

I wish I could forget the silence when I told you all of this

I wish I could forget I even tried to romanticize it

I wish I could forget the embarrassment I felt... actually no,

I wouldn’t want to forget any of the ways in which you and I dealt

You’re still in my life and I am thankful for that

Forgetting the past wouldn’t solve the fact

That I’d fall for you eventually

But I’ll just sit back

For your happiness

I’ll pretend to forget all of that

For friendship

For getting me through

Darkness, brightness, spitefulness

Forgetting me through

Your new bliss

Please just remember this

I’ll be here despite all of it

I’ll always be here to water you

I’ll always be here to help your growth improve

You need the sun to do it too

So I understand why you do the things you do

I’ll be hurting inside

But you know what?

It’s worth it if it involves you sprouting up

Forget me not

Forget you, never.

But always remember,

I’ll always remember