Forget Me/Forget Me Not

"Baby, no, Baby- don't leave!

I need you here; I need you please!

Don't you go and leave me alone!

I thought that we were gonna have a happy home?"

Do you remember the last words you said?

What she responded, or even if she did?

Or if you're ladies, remember that first kiss?

Was there even one? Did he ever say he missed

all the presents and the late good-byes?

Did you lay on a hillside looking up at the sky

and clouds soaring by, high over head, 

faster than the wind? Was that when your Baby said

that they loved you and that they cared

as they put their hands into your hair,

and brought your lips closer? Was it there,

that as the clouds soared fast by in the air

that you realized, as you sat alone

in the middle of the night, having run away from home,

that the person you gave your heart to

never really felt the same for you?

"Sweetie, didn't you love me? 

Darling, didn't you care?

Baby, I really want you.

That's my only prayer!"

I screamed and I cried, 

and I tried to convince

that girl of mine

to make me her prince.

I called her my queen,

and my precious diadem.

She was my baby, my love

and I helped her through everythin'.

But when I said please,

she called me needy.

And when I told her my problems,

she said that I was too greedy.

When I offered her advice,

she told me she didn't need me.

And when she came crawling back,

I took her hand again freely.

"Listen, I don't need you!

I don't freaking care!

I'm sorry if I hurt you but

there's no reason to prepare

a big, long speech

because I won't listen!

You're just being whiny again

because we aren't kissin'!

I never loved you, and I wouldn't mind

if you go away with your head in your behind

with some other girl because you were too blind

to realize I was using you the entire time!"

Two and a half years later,

when I still couldn't berate her

and I still was feeling misery

from the worst breakup with her, really,

I couldn't really understand

why I still felt wrapped around her hand

even thought we broke up long ago

and I told everyone I got over her so

I had to play the part and act

like I wasn't constantly under attack.

I was under siege by memories,

once good that became enemies.

So if I ever get the chance,

I would walk up to her and take my stance.

Ask her a question that I waited

to ask the girl I once had dated:

Do you remember me?

Do you remember your baby? I used to be.

Remember that time when you were sick

and you couldn't even sleep a lick

so I stayed up the whole night and prayed

constantly for you even though school the next day

was horrible and we both fell asleep

and in math class while we counted sheep

I dreamed of you and you dreamed of me

and later that day we walked, you see,

and you held my hand as I held you

as we walked slowly down the street Us two

were electric, we were on fire

and I know I was the best that you desired.

So are you going to forget

all the good we shared? Yet,

if I could go back in time

and change the way we lived, well, I'm

certain that I don't regret one moment

of the days we spent together. We owned it.

The only thing that I regret

is the way in which we let

all of our problems collide

and I let my soon-to-be-bride

slip out of my fingertips

and that moment when I kissed your lips,

I promised never to let you go.

So now, I'm here, and I've always sought

for you to answer one thing I must know:

Will you forget me or forget me not?

Author's Note

This was the story of my last relationship i guess.
5 dates, 4 breakups, 3 years, 2 broken hearts, 1 teenage boy who will never be the same.

Reviews

[Emily]

I love the first lien!
Well done!

[Kurai.Merodi]

wow, this basically sums up my love life. I really love it. It's real and I can relate to it a lot. And the questions are exactly what went through my mind on my last relationship. Pulls at the heart.

[Not here]

thank you :) im glad you liked it. i write about my love life alot since its really...umm...eventful

[Kurai.Merodi]

hahaha... FIGHT ON!! ^.^ I have quite a lot of poems about love too. :3 It's only natural to want to write about these feelings. Just remember it's not the end and move forward. Look back once in a while, the past can help you in the future >.< well that's me being serious for today over.

[....................]

I believe no one forgets anyone and everyone we ever love (for we can love many) leaves something behind when the love dies. I remember every companion I have had in the past thirty years - good and bad. Sometimes our paths take us in different directions and sometimes 'we do let all our problems collide' but while it usually ends the relationship it does not prevent us from remembering it. A nice write - sad as it is.

[Not here]

thank you :) your really smart i think and i appreciate your reviews

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

That was truly heart-wrenching and hit me close to home, sincerely. There are loves, no matter how long they lasted, leave an eternal imprint in our hearts. Even through time, we will never forget them and the affected wounds would not seal completely. And we are never the same afterwards, it's true. But we can learn from such experiences to know what we need and what we do not. Never close your heart, however. True love is out there. And it won't have excuses and it won't push you away.

[Not here]

thank you alot for reviewing :) your a really experienced poet and i would love to think what you think of my works!

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

It's a pleasure. I'll be reading your stuff :).

[Melinda McQueen]

A poem filled with emotion. It's sad when a relationship ends, Even the happy memories make you sad because it's over.
A good write.

[Haeshin]

It's a whirlwind of emotions, one that gets really disorienting the longer it goes on.

[Not here]

so you thought it was confusing?

[Haeshin]

Yes. It was one continuous dance of emotions, not for casual readers who like their poetry calm and short.

[Not here]

ok thanks for your review

[DoormanDan]

It's a nice poem. I'll be honest, these kinds of poems aren't usually my cup of tea, but it IS well written. You have put your emotions into words in both a creative and awesome way. Good job! :)

[Not here]

thanks i appreciate the review :)

[Riley Justine]

So dramatic :P
Not my type of poem, but well written

[dan]

So often after a breakup occurs the one hurt most by it sees the other one in everything that's seen, everything reminds one of her, her touch, her love...but she is never coming back and it sometimes takes years to realize the truth, to reconcile the breakup by remembering excuses and 'I'm sorry.' A nice write filled with a lot of emotion bubbling under the surface. Nice job! take care...dan

[nazia]

Thanks to cool girl I read this piece of yours. Dates, breakups all are a part of growing years. they make you wiser and stronger so that one day when true love actually finds you, you recognize it..
Its a lovely piece great work :)

[Not here]

thank you very much for reviewing :)