If I forget?

How will I remember you?

If I lose my mind,

I would hate it,

Not knowing you.

I don't want to not remember.

What do I do?

How can I never forget?

If you call my name,

and I don't answer?

Will you stop calling?

If you talk to me and,

I refuse to respond?

Will you never,

Speak to me again?

Please make an effort again.

Give me another chance,

to recognize you.

I don't want to forget.

When I see you coming and,

Turn my head away?

Know that, I can't see you,

In my mind’s eye,

I am sightless,

I am blind,

Because of the illness.

If I ask your name?

Please humor me,

Spell it out for me,

Maybe it will jog my memory.

If I go away, drift off,

Will you bring me back home?

Will you tell me,

that you love me?

Will you keep me,

from wandering off?

If I stop loving you,

Will you do the same?

Know that, though my mind,

might forget you.

My heart and soul,

will remain forever,

Loyal to your memory.

I may look like,

I am going someplace,

But, in reality,

I will be lost forever.

                           

Lucks a.k.a Sulekha