everything

everything i learned
i forgot
there was no time to think that way
the alarm was panicking
i called 911
and couldn't hear a word
from the other end
it was the middle of everything
as it always has been
and always will be
that was all i could think about
at the moment
there was fire somewhere inside while
snow fell outside
in a white flash
i felt the whole of my life
fall into
one momentof time
and i knew something
for the first time
that i had forgotten
many times
and i gave it away
i gave to the dogs
whose eyes were full of heartbreaking
loneliness
i gave to the woman who
said goodbye long ago
i gave it to the friend
whose way ahead was forever
zig zagging from path to path
i gave it to the solitude
that gave me my name
which i gave back
the firemen arrived
the alarm was silenced
i knew something
i forgot everything i had learned
and it was good