An Ode to All of It

by Riles (September 2020)

I'll try to forgive and forget all that has occurred.

Look up to the sky, let it go by.

However I can't help but see you even in that firmament;

Weaving your way through the mist that surrounds you;

Crashing back down to the earth in my mind,

Finding your place in it all over again.

Needless to say, it's hard to forget you.

When I indulge the desire I found for you forever ago,

The same self-infliction of many moons appear on my skin.

How long will it be until I forget it all again?

Months it may be. Years it feels like every now and then.

Though when will it ever end?