Tuesday, April 29, 2008

How I Forget

I watched you from behind - your arms catching her in a deep embrace,
the soft lips that used to graze mine so lovingly were now on hers.
Everything broke apart since she stepped between us,
tearing us apart like that old photograph.

I've never felt more alone.
The moment you tore that photograph,
you tore off my smile - my whole life,
and my entire being.

If I could, I would shout it out to your face.
Why, Kazu? Why?

Watch me deal with this.
Watch me, watch me drown.
Watch me disappear in midst of everyone's laughter.
Watch me die with words from those lips I'm bewitched by.

Hitting the dance floor night after night;
Smoky disco lights spinning,
Mindlessly drinking,
Half-heartedly laughing,
Suggestively dancing ...
Waiting to be preyed on.

Take me home as you wish, whoever you are.
Do as you want, I'm all yours tonight -
Kiss me.
Claim me and,
Leave me.

He was kneeling down, picking up the glass pieces of the clockface that shattered upon the fall.
I remembered how he stayed up that whole night, glueing back the pieces one by one.

You fixed the clock.
What about my heart?

I hastily picked a set of clothes to wear and
put on the perfume that
he used to love sniffing from my neck.

If I ever think of you,
I know just what I need.

Kazu,
This is how I make myself forget.