Salik Shah

I don't know names of all that I like
I don't know why she wrote a poem
If she wrote for me then why did she put it online?
I feel like being cheated
I feel like being used
yes, I know this is a silly thought
like her poem
like those emails
like what I'm writing

Remember—I am forgetting
When I'm completely forgotten
let me live in the ruins of my love
in your heart, if I return.

May 2008