my least favorite thing about alcohol is the way i forget.
drunkenness induces the deepest conversations and most honest answers, yet these moments are lost between my fourth and fifth glass of wine. the edges are blurred, making me question whether i imagined the intimate way he held my hand or if he looked me in the eyes before he left. i replay my tipsy nights. i wonder if i said anything embarrassing. in fact, i spend weeks with it in the back of mind - maybe i said something that pushed them away.
it’s just fuzzy enough to blame on me.
sometimes memories come back in flashes, like fireflies lighting up for a second before disappearing again. oh - did he say - now i can’t remember; it’s gone again.
i wish the loose lips didn’t come with a loose memory. i want to replay the feeling of your skin, but it gets harder to recall. i want to remember the name of your aunt, but that was our last conversation. too many gaps are filled by imagination.
it’s alcohol’s greatest allure and deepest tragedy; the loss of memory.