How can I forget you?
When once your breath was mingled with mine?
How can I forget you?
When I allowed my heart with yours to entwine?
In my laughter, I look for your gentle smile
On every face around me, wondering for a while
If I'll ever find you again in any other man
But I know deep down that I won't
But I somehow I keep trying for as long as I can.

How can I forget you?
When I peel those oranges when I'm hungry
My most favourite fruit from childhood
And they smell like you,
The scent you'd give off when you'd travel home by train
And tired, you'd hug me
Your shirt soaked in sweat and rain.
You'd hold me like I'm your pain relief balm
Until our breaths mingled,
And your scent, my mind would calm.

How can I forget you?
When I cook myself a meal
You'd waltz into that little kitchen
And like a theif my kisses you'd steal.
You always loved the food I made
You'd eat like it's a buffet in a fancy restaurant
As if for it , a hefty sum you'd paid
And then you'd smile and say
That it was the best meal that you'd had throughout the day
And you were the only one to do that
And now, everytime I cook a meal
I wonder if this pain will ever heal.

How can I forget you?
Everytime I sit on the back of a bike
I remember the first time we strolled through the city
Like as if us and the wind were alike
You promised to keep me safe
While in fear, I clutched the sides of your sweater
you reached out to touch my hand and make me feel better.

How can I forget you?
Everytime in anger I raise my voice
And then slowly lower it
For you'd told me that it wouldn't help but only create noise.
And yesterday when my dad wondered
About what made my nasty temper go down
I told him that I learnt to be calm from you
And not react to everything with a frown.

How can I forget you?
Especially when I'm low
For you'd always be there with your arms wide open
And how to soothe me, you did know
And everytime something great happens
And I hold happiness to the brim
I wish I could just turn to you
For you wouldn't allow my light to grow dim.

How can I forget you?
When I open my wardrobe and see
Your blue checked shirt on the hanger
Like a piece of the sky smiling in glee
And it smells of you, not oranges
But your other scent,
And everytime I inhale it,
It reminds of the time in your arms I spent
And that boxer that I stole from you,
I wear it every other day
I remember how you'd grin seeing me in it
It fits you perfectly you'd say.

How can I forget you?
When I smell the smoke of cigarettes
You'd smoke them when you were stressed
Or when you pulled out your wallet of regrets
And now, I see ourselves in the curling smoke
Rising up, just like we did
Before we vanished into thin air like a fading joke.

How can I forget you?
Even as I wait for sleep to ascend
You walk into my dreams
As if you're here for my wounds to tend
And when I wake up at the break of dawn
The bruises you left ache all over again
As you disappear into the morn.

How can I forget you?
When I see you every where,
In crinkled eyes
In tired sighs
In toothy grins
When I celebrate my wins
In city lights
And darkness of nights
In the warmth of my bed
In every thought inside my head
How can I forget you?






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