Hide and No Seek

I have lost it.

Completely. Totally.

I don't even know where to find it. Or what it would look like.

I know I look lost,

but it's because I am.

I came here looking for somebody, and found you.

And then, I forgot who it was I was looking for.

Remind me what the past looked like.

Where worry was one chord of a string of things,

not this.

High strung and holding shoe laces in my hands.

Remind me why you have forgotten us?

Why when I am crying and lost-

you can not help me.

Because I know you remember.

You have forgotten us.

I see you.

You have it all. The keys to start ignitions,

the memory of how it all was

and on your lips you have the words to bring me back.

But you have forgotten us,

and you forgotten me.

I am so lost that I am losing hope of ever being found.

I know you don't have the time,

but please, if someone comes looking for me...

I know my mother will, mothers never give up-

please...

show them where I am hiding.