Take Note

I have a thought – I write a note
Or else I will forget it,
For if I can’t remember it,
I’ll certainly regret it.

With post-its on my calendar
Or jottings on the fridge,
The odds of keeping things in mind
Improve at least a smidge.

My phone has a “Reminders” app;
I sometimes add things there.
The times I check it, I’ll admit,
Exceedingly are rare.

Yet somehow when I stop and scrawl
A quick reminding note,
It helps to jog my memory
To think of what I wrote.

So if you come to visit
You will see, as you suspected,
Scattered notes on every surface –
One which says that you’re expected!