Every Day

I forget you

I forget the winter mornings in the playroom

I forget the tractor tyres that became spaceships

I forget the house of rocks by the sea

I forget you

Every day

I no longer see you

I no longer see the cuts and swollen face

I no longer see the horror of your eyes

I no longer see the vacant drip by your bed

I no longer see you

Every day

I hold you

I hold your desperate dreams and screams

I hold our walks and trusted conversations

I hold you bony shoulders that held too much

I hold your heart

Every day

I cannot

Forget you.