Finding A Fading Forget-Me -Not

How was it I forgot your birthday No card sent no message left long No words stitched together In verse poem or song Years of waking that day Waiting to put you High, on display Shower you in pleasantries Riding in the celebratory breeze Oh so glad that time Was taking us down the line Together How was it I let you slip by Into a new year Where I undoubtedly no longer fit Or so I am told By my own quick wit Too late in the week now To reach back somehow Dance in the dripping yellow sun Of our connected heart Now melting from the heat That, then, consumed us How was it I didn't give into that urgency The magnetic pull that kept us close Even when miles ripped us apart I wonder if you waited For my call, my card, my smile Or has your new love Filled up the spaces Once occupied by me