Forgetting makes us present

Ay blessing of forgetfulness
If I heard every voice
Saw every face
As well as now as then

How could I choose
But love all
As I do love all
But only absence makes me faithful

Were they all with me
I could not leave them
Nor would I long for you

Thank God
For this constant despair

Without which I should be nothing
But happy

Instead
For the blessing of your touch
I pray

Instead
For the glimpse of the shadow of your smile
I toss restlessly

And when dreams come
Damn them for returning me to
Then