I'D Already Forgotten Your Name

I'd already forgotten your name But it wasn't like I planned it, And after a moment, it came back- Like a vague memory, of a long Uncomfortable fever, Being out of your head for a few days, Or a lingering cough of several weeks. It will always be there buried, My sins never really forgiven, My confusion unanswered; The viral storm you took me over with Just a bad dream, one of many nightmares. Living well doesn't erase it, And self respect doesn't heal it- Even if I still had any of that left. You are only the thorn I pricked myself with Before the hundred-years sleep Of numberless, uneasy dreams.