A Love Forgotten

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    A Love Forgotten

    I’m beginning to think
    That it’s not really all that difficult to
    Forget
    That you love someone,
    Or that they love you.
    Once it’s an established fact,
    Once the L-word has tested positive on both sides,
    It doesn’t have to be constantly said
    Or proven
    And you…
    You just might forget it’s there.
    Well,
    Not forget its whole existence,
    Just the extent of it,
    How smooth and deep and true it runs.
    By the time life before them
    Has become a blur
    And the honeymoon has long been over,
    They’ve blended in with everything else
    To form another facet
    Of the diamond that is your life
    And you don’t really remember
    How much you need them.
    I think that after you’ve loved someone
    For long enough,
    You inherently begin to
    Take them for granted.
    No,
    That’s not it…
    You just begin to
    To forget.
    Sometimes you forget
    To show that you love them,
    Which leads them to forget
    That underneath whatever has
    Popped up between you,
    You really do love them.
    Or other times
    Love
    Has just become such a part
    Of your everyday
    That it doesn’t need saying
    And you stop reminding
    And you forget
    Just how strong that current is.
    So when yes is “of course”
    And trust “has always been known”
    You can be kind of shocked.
    And so I think reminders
    Are always needed.
    However old, deep, strong, or real it is,
    Be it between friends or lovers,
    It need always be reminded.
    Because once it’s been forgotten
    It can be hard to revive the memory.
    Once it’s been forgotten
    Everything is different
    And you don’t know what to do.
    And so,
    My advice to you is this:
    Practice random acts of love.
    Remind them
    From time to time,
    Lest it be forgotten.

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    graceladymn commented on A Love Forgotten

    02-02-2009

    You are so talented for a young one. Wonderful style and grace.

    Phoenix9 commented on A Love Forgotten

    12-05-2008

    so very true, great poem

    Phoenix9 commented on A Love Forgotten

    12-05-2008

    so very true, great poem

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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