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Deja Vu

Déjà vu                 

You look familiar, have we met?
I feel as though the memory has yet to set.

Perhaps this is a sensation of déjà vu 
Perhaps we’ve once talked, me and you,
A memory I think I once knew.
Though I am unsure, yet certain in my confusion
That you are familiar beyond articulation.
My words are spewing without humiliation
As I am certain of this particular occasion.

This place, this smell, it is familiar.
Do you not sense it to be similar?
An occasion of a memories ancestor.

Those eyes, that hair, it seems nearly unfair,
That my memory would forget, that it would chance to dare
To fail to remember someone so fair.

2023/02/23
Déjà vu 
Unseeking Seeker

Copyright © John Arthur | Year Posted 2023

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Sam Kauffman Date: 2/23/2023 9:21:00 AM John, enjoyed this very much. There are so many unique phrasings - "memories ancestor," "memory has yet to set," "a memory I think I once knew." Wonderful writing. All the best to you. Blessings. Login to Reply John Arthur Date: 2/23/2023 11:47:00 AM I'm so glad you enjoyed it! This is the poem was honestly intended as a pickup line, or someone flirting initially, as most people say, 'Do I know you?' as a conversation starter, though why not have it as a pickup line too, as cheesy as using deja vu as an excuse for small talk may be. And thank you for your words of encouragement!