I Keep Forgetting - Sima

Don’t know why I keep forgetting,

The time that you played me

The times you would pay me no attention

I keep forgetting all the pain that you cause

That its because of you that I am covered in scars.

Don’t know why I keep coming back to you.

My energy’s drenched and I am convinced that its all your fault

Your lies, like melodies stuck in my memory’s vault.

When the desire hits, is when the fire is lit,

Then all downhill from there.

Back to despair, back to your spell, back to this hell

Or is it heaven?

Sometimes I can’t really tell.

I keep forgetting, I vowed never to devour the foul fruits from your palms,

That turn sour in the early hour

When the night is barely ours

And the light shines on every plight

But I know I'm not right, and ebent though u feel like it

I know you are not quite

And knowing is the first step

Knowing I’ll take flight.

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Sima (20th century) Tanzania

Source: Badilisha Poetry