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A poem about why we won’t give up remembering every second

Victoria Munteanu

we stand in doorways to avoid leaving the room

we keep drinking from cups left with just the ice

we keep begging to be forgotten

in a world where we wish every moment lingered longer

maybe we should put more effort

maybe there is life within every word

maybe the world is ours

maybe we need to stop saying goodbye

running from connection

running to forget it all

it’s all in our heads I swear

and it just won’t pour out

why do we pretend to make a bigger effort to forget

everything that’s hurt us, than admitting we want to make an effort to listen

and stay put?

why do we linger in doorways?

to make the moment last longer, to make it all harder to forget

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