Memories Slip

"Do you remember me?"
A search, a rapid running
Through memory
Starts, quickens, lashes inside
And then
Stops.

"I-I don’t"
Sinking in remorse
The mind has failed
Left a soul to quiver
Alone.

It’s not your fault
Mind's memory
Has been measured, contained,
Bound By a number, a fact
But the heart—
It remembers
'Till it stops.

"Do you remember me?"
A heartbeat responds
Faintly.