forget me (not)

twice this month

i have forgotten we are now strangers

something small online

making me want to talk to you

a mutual friend (though i guess

i can't call them this anymore)

or something you liked (do you

still like the same things?)

this world we live in now

apart

is so quiet

so still

lonely, even

love

how fickle the heart is

flitting from one love to another

as if yesterday's love didn't have us

aching for more

but today, our heart blooms

for another

and tomorrow, a different palm will

rest against ours

a different heart

making ours beat faster

stay

"Stay"

I want to tell you

As your arms wrap around me

But our goodbyes are wordless

And so, we are both silent

I wonder,

Quite often,

What if I ask

What would you say?

Would you stay?

Reunion

The death knell sounds from the house opposite ours

A life that has been withering away has finally breathed its last

And someone from the past resurfaces, taking unsure steps

Towards a present we don't know each other in

Arrack warms our bones, fills our laughter with an added something

Joy, I think to myself, happiness, love, friendship

The ease of it takes me by surprise, but then, some things are just easy, aren't they?

And outside, the rain falls and falls, the wind is cold, the skies grey

And beyond, lives come together, part ways, reunite, bid farewell

And you and I? What of us?

Does it even matter?