Why Should I Remember You

WHY SHOULD I REMEMBER YOU

why should i remember you

I am old forgetful of my memories past, my

childhood so long ago

when i suffered for nothing. worried for less

and the greatest thing wished for was tomorrow and love.

A teenship of the highest degree

a freedom like no other

a brother from another's kin body

and soul so synchronized

it could have run on cruise control

a joy sustained by God's gracefulness

a sister who stole my heart

and has yet to give it back.

From innocent youth came the attack of age

and hair and voice and other choise

and err --- the human frailty

so blind I was i couldn't see

so shy i was, too late to be . . .

My life was shattered, pieces still

the thrill of life became my ill

and ever since, a bitter pill

I've cried inside and wept alone

and know now why i'm fully grown

to forget all that is, that is past

the youth, the memories and last

to find the happiness in this

the memories of life's lost bliss.

The dream which never came to be

became the nightmare, the one i see

before me, now and how has life been

good to me? I wake up and now i see

me now in days of future's past

alive, but how long will it last?

when memories invade me still

threat to relieve me of my will

and hope, to cope as best, i will

until my suffering is nill

and peace i find within my age

smile and write and turn the page

and memories, begin again

my memories, my only friend.