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forget me nots

August 29, 2016 by Michael Guerin

if i could summon the strength
i’d ask you to forget

about that time at the lake
when we got lost

on a country lane and i refused
to ask for directions,

pretending (as always) to know
better than you and too damn

stubborn to pull over or stop
the car for one minute

while you sat beside me
fuming mad until a wall

of forget-me-nots appeared
around the next bend.

from the corner of my eye
i spied your faint smile

and shoulders slump slightly
while you relaxed as if

all those tiny blue flowers
sensed your mood and washed

you clean while i sat too dumb
to mutter a single word —

maybe those forget-me-nots
offered you better comfort

than any fool thing
i could have said.

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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