Hello, Pleased to Forget You

I’d like to introduce myself,
But I can’t remember my name,
I try to grasp such things,
But the result is always the same.
I see people inside my life,
Their faces I should know,
But when I try to access them,
Like smoke they quickly go.
The pain on people’s faces,
Moves me to the point of tears,
I know that we’ve lived together,
Through these precious years.
But I don’t know any of them,
The images here won’t stay,
I meet so many new people,
Each and every day.
I feel guilty that I don’t know them,
My expression wry and bemused,
But the onslaught of new people,
Just leaves me dazed and confused.
So, if you see me on the street,
Walking, or in a car,
Please stop and say hello,
But I won’t know who you are.

My daughter and I were talking about people and she said, "I just keep forgetting his name." She kept colouring, I started writing.