Tablet of Stone

Tablet of stone
Carved over time
Hammer on chisel
Little by little

Now that it's done
Let it be forgotten
Throw it in a chest
Fasten it in chains
Throw away the key
And toss it away
Into the bottom of
The endless ocean

Be out of sight
Be out of mind
Be forever gone
Be forgotten

Tablet of stone
Long though it left alone
Its carving may yet last
Until oblivion

The Untitled

This is a poem I wrote in April 2016 that I've never published anywhere. I never even thought of a title for it. Keeping it here for posterity.

Oh the things I keep forgetting

I tried to remember but from my mind they keep slipping

Too concerned about working

I forgot come time for sleeping

I forgot the family that is waiting

I forgot friends who are coming

I forgot the song I was humming

I forgot to whom I was singing

There is one just thing I have been trying

But alas my poor heart could not bear forgetting

Oh of you, I wish my mind could stop thinking