i will not remember
the hand that shut my mouth
i will not remember
the silence as if the clock was ticking backwards
i will not remember
the ice circling in the glass
i will not remember
the eyes that passed through mine
i will not remember
the bread & water & bones
i will not remember
the shining dark outside the window
i will not remember
the ladder that could have been toppled
i will not remember
how i wanted to eat my own eyeballs
i will not remember
the corner of my room where i couldn't hide
i will not remember
how i learned not to cry
i will not remember
what i have almost forgotten