FORGETFULNESS
As I sit here and stare blankly
Gazing into the monitor
I wonder just what has happened
That makes me feel this way
Why the coldness, why the fear
Why do I feel like I just saw the dead
Ghosts of old wander on my porch
And nightmares I have had
People stop and ask me how I am
But names I cannot remember
Lives go past me and I cannot see
Where did they go and where am I
Who are we and where is time
The clock has stopped
And the days have changed
And all is different from the way it was
Why is nothing how it was
Where are we and who are they
Everything has looped and ended
Where we began
I have begun
Not to age as I wish
But rather I grow younger
To face the pain again.
© 2002 Aaron Christopher Latham
