Memories to Forget

I rarely recall all the words

To a song or a poem.

Anything above a few stanzas disappears

To a place I imagine I

Store leisurely ideas for a later

Date to rediscover. I have techniques

To help when I imagine I

Must have a memorized line ready

For use. It often bothered me

To slowly learn that had I

A voice to verse, I might

Always need the words and notes

Before me. Now that I’m older,

I try understanding memory in reverse.

The more I write, the less

I have to remember. The best

Answers I discover while writing surprise

Me. I write memories to forget.