Forgotten

it should all just be forgotten
it should all just be a moment that we don't need to discuss again
we should not waste time telling people 
we should not waste the memories that we have 
we should just learn to remember them for ourselves
for our own time
for our own thoughts
for our own lives
our memories not to be shared
our memories not to be discarded
not to be treated as a nothing
just sit sometime and just let them in 
let yourself see them but don't tell anyone
maybe write them down if u fear you will forget
maybe keep the pictures to remember their faces
maybe search for them on-line now and then to see they are still happy
but just don't swim in it
don't feel its all got to be shared
don't feel its all everybody's business
it can be our secret
you and i 
whoever i think of 
whoever i remember 
forgotten is a fear
to forget makes me worry
to forget makes me sad
but i don't think i will 
each and every person i meet
i will shut into a room away in my mind for a rainy day
for when i need to revisit them
for when i hear that they have moved on 
or left this world and left me in it
i do hope those i do not speak to or see any more are happy
like i am 
like we should all be 
at least someday, anyway




*NOT FORGETTING THE PEOPLE WHO GOT ME WHERE I AM TODAY*