Of course I must forget

I.

Of course I must forget

Like a beach forgets the traffic

With the tide.

Like night forgets a candle

That has died.

Like a shirt on a radiator

Forgets the rain.

I must hold you, or forget.

A single moment from a train.

II.

Of course I must forget

Like oak forgets the summer

Every year.

Like clay forgets its possibilities

In fire.

Like a squirrel forgets
Where it buried its nuts.

Nuts.

I must forget.