Remember

Remember

Remember the girl was a woman nonetheless
         Whose heart was a place of innocence
That all but could express
                   A womb of smiles smiled,
A union of self and selflessness
                   Where love is a newborn child.

Remember a night on the highway
         That whispered, "Your place is here,"
While the trees and the grass slipped away
         At the bittersweet end of the year.

And remember, if time will permit you,
         The heart of a soul-wrenched boy,
Who loved-- and still would love-- you
                   Though Canis Major licks
                   Blood from the Southern Crucifix,
         Tears from the eyes of Troy.