This is a heartfelt poem about the quiet sorrow of being forgotten by someone who once filled your days with love, conversations, and promises.

It explores the pain of unanswered silence, the weight of fading memories, and the enduring hope that even after time and distance, one heartfelt moment can bring the words every waiting heart longs to hear: “I remember you.”

I Remember You

There was a time

when my name
rested gently
upon your lips,

when every sunset
ended with a conversation,

and every tomorrow
began with a promise.

Now—

the days pass
without a single word.

Not because
there is nothing left to say,

but because
I no longer exist
in the story
you are writing.

How quietly
people change.

They do not
slam doors.

They simply
stop knocking.

You have forgotten
every promise
you once made
with such certainty.

The forever
you once spoke of

lasted only
until life
led you
in another direction.

Perhaps
you are angry.

Perhaps
I disappointed you.

Or perhaps—

I am no longer
important enough
to deserve
an explanation.

That thought
hurts the most.

I could have endured
your anger.

I could have accepted
your harsh words.

I could even have survived
your farewell.

But this silence…

this endless,
breathing silence…

has become
the loudest wound
I have ever carried.

You do not ask
how I am.

You do not wonder
whether I still wait.

You do not even complain—

as though
my absence
has become
your peace.

Every night,
I gather
the broken pieces
of conversations
that never happened.

I write replies
to questions
you never ask.

I smile
at memories
that no longer
belong to us.

And still—

some foolish corner
of my heart

keeps listening
for your footsteps,

keeps believing

that one ordinary day,

my phone will ring.

Your voice
will tremble,

and through
the silence
I will hear
the words
I have carried
in my heart
all this time—

“I remember you.”

(Vijay Verma)
www.retiredkalam.com

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