Memory

My memory

Often it fails me.

The things that I just heard or said.

Even those I wrote down.

It can be irritating when you need the information.

You grope within your mind

Grasping for the right words.

Reminders don't always function.

Yet, these days

The challenge I face

Is trying to forget.

Why do I recall the little details?

Words, actions, places

Clothes, food, activities

And the hardest

Mistakes I said

Wrong decisions I took.

What I want

To remember the things that I must

And forget those that should be forgotten.