Forgotten

While my friend talked, the words strained, intertwined with innuendoes

unmeant to be voiced. I thought I could feel sadness, emptiness, and the

loss of dignity. These thoughts came to me as I felt the being within her

crying out, desperately seeking just to be heard

FORGOTTEN

If you hold my hand

Should you not hold my heart

Walk closely beside me

Do not let me walk alone

For my steps are uncertain

The path now obscured

My eyes are on you

But you don't look back

You walk without care, brash and loud

While I care and walk in silence

Once never far from your sight

Now you do not even see me

My heart remembers you

But you don't even know who I am

Our ships no longer run together

And have passed in the night

Now we are far from shore

The water is dark and murky

And I fear

I've forgotten how to swim