forgotten

You mumbled something underneath your breath

While you were sleeping next to me

Something beautiful and fleeting

Something gone in just a blink

And by the time your eyes were open

You'd forgotten everything

We watched daylight come in through the door

And climb above our heads

I could hear the sound of lips

Moving underneath your breath

They asked me if I loved you 

In the language of your chest

And the pulse beneath my skin 

Echoed in the silence

Something beautiful and fleeting

Something gone in just a day

Something more than just a memory forgotten