Memories

One by One, the memories I used to harbour
Decided to retire to the southern hemisphere on my brain
To a little village where there is no connectivity

Long ago I kissed the names of 9 muses goodbye
Watched my quadratic equations disappear
And even now as I try to memorise something
Something else is slipping away..

Whatever it is I am struggling to remember
It is neither poised at the tip of my tongue
Nor in the remote corners of my mind!

It has floated away down a dark mythological river
Whose name I do not remember
Well on my own way to oblivion
Where I have even forgotten to ride a bicyle..

Wonder not why I rise in the middle of the night
To catch or grasp at a fleeting memory
No wonder the moon in the night sky has drifted
Taken my love away from me..