I Forgot To Remember To Forget

A poem particularly applicable to young people, concerning an inexplicable connection to something so absent-mindedly detached from you.

In the streets, a passing face 
A blur, leaving a phantasmal trail for my mind to trace 
I feel your warmth and smell you on my skin 
In that moment I feel your love for the first time, again 
In the glint of your eyes a pantomime plays 
A vibrant memory of future day’s 
Your silhouette before the shimmer of an obsidian sea 
A stark shadow to soothe and consume me 
Before the dark, our lives fell into place 
Yet I steadily lost that vague memory of your face 
Reality comes yet again, my body forced to twist around the coming bend 
By my own hand, the fantasy drifts away 
I saw our children and could feel the warmth of a home of our water 
But it is a dream I couldn't allow to stay 
For I could not even remember your name.