I Forgot Yet I Remember

Rica Jane Diamante

I opened my eyes and all I see is lushes of green Flowers of different colors and a beautiful lively stream I forgot how I got here Yet I remember this place where I met her

I forgot her name yet I remember her angelic face Russet brown eyes staring warmly Doesn’t even have a single streak of wary

I forgot the song Yet I remember her singing to me: “Lavender’s green dilly, dilly, lavender’s blue If you love me dilly, dilly, I will love you”

I forgot the reason why she is laughing beside me Yet I remember how her laughter filled my heart with glee My whole world seems to stop when I look at her Like I cannot get enough of it even it will take forever

I forgot if I asked her to dance Yet I find myself swaying her to music like we are in a trance I forgot who she is to my life Yet I feel like I’m begging for her to be my wife

Then everything started to fade What if nothing was left, I’m afraid Not her, please not her, I prayed I want to be with her, I tried to convey

Though I forgot, yet I remember Again I encounter Those lost memories I tried to recover Of the lady whom I love forever and ever

In a snap, I find myself in the same place yet I am alone As leaves fall, so did my memories to the abyss of oblivion Surprisingly, an old lady came today Saying, “Love, happy ninety-first birthday.”

PHOTO AILEEN

Confident Expectation

Photo by Mary Aileen Labios