Amnesiac

Nurse

today i come back to visit you

they say you are well enough to see visitors

i walk in

i am not sure what to expect

not this

you look at me for a moment

i start to think you remember me

my heart pounds

you turn to me and say

my IV needs to be changed

i gasp

leave the room

the tears come out in the waiting room

i cant take it

your memory is so gone

you dont remember your best friend

you think im a nurse

we're not even in college

you always joked how i always looked young

do you even know how old you are?

will you ever go to college?

what is your future?

the guilt comes back

slipping up my throat like acid

this is my fault