I am Forgetting you

By Vandana Kumar

I AM FORGETTING YOU

I am forgetting you 
Not immediately
It’s not like a quick crossing of the road
When the traffic signal is a pedestrian green 

I haven’t crossed over as yet
The process has started
Perhaps the traffic is distracting me


I am driving 
Without visions of you in the rear view mirror
The chances of an accident
Are visibly less

I am listening to new songs
Experimenting with form
There aren’t new scratches 
On my ancient vinyl grooves 

You are being erased
Like a country’s past
For a new generation
I don’t wish the forgetting 
It’s happening, all the same
I am reading new History books

Day is becoming night 
A little more every time

These days 
I address the white flowers of the season
By their botanical name
Their blossoming no longer synonymous
With your smile 

Vandana Kumar is a French teacher, recruitment consultant and poet in New Delhi, India. Her poems have been published in several national and international websites, anthologies and journals of repute.

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