in the end

please don't forget me

if the lights go dark

and we sit together in the black.

please don't forget my touch

please don't forget my love

even if you hate me when

the lights come back on.

please don't forget me

when that dirty guitar plays

with gain that scrapes out the

insides of our ears and rips

holes in our jeans.

please don't forget my voice

screaming alongside yours.

please don't forget me

when the smoke we shared

sinks into my lungs for good

and all you can smell is

antiseptic and dread.

i've loved you once, and

i'll love you again.

just please don't forget me, in the end.