Time

It takes me
Less than a day
To forget a
Shared routine
And go back to
Old routine

It takes me
Less than a day
To forget what
I had for lunch
Or breakfast

It takes me
Less than a week
To forget what
Articles will be published
In Sunday's paper

It takes me
Less than a month
To forget
Friends I thought
To be the best I would find

But

It takes me
More than a finite number
Of days, weeks, months or years
To forget
People
I hold close to me
I love deeply

So time is not just
The speed of the arms of a clock
Or the movement of the Earth
But the ability of
Our minds
To replace

To forget


And I need more
Time.