Remember Me

StarryStarryNight:

If ever my speech has lost its wit
My failed grip casting me down a bottomless pit
As you wonder about me as time pass
My friend, remember me as I was

If ever my demons have me at their mercy
As I fail to find the shore in a stormy sea
Reason and direction gone without a scent
Remember me in the past, and not the present

If ever my body becomes frail
Adventures no more a part of my daily tale
When visits to doctors becomes what life entails
Remember me as I was and not as I ail

If ever the melody leaves my song
Body and mind no longer strong,
If ever I'm no longer completely there
Remember our song "Castles in the air"

If ever I don't get that second chance
Remember me as I was when I used to dance




© Starry (aka FirstStep1977), 13 Dec 2014

CoIin: Plaintively beautiful. Nice work

Bat Cat: enjoyed this very much

angel: Beautiful and I love it thank you

draganaberkovich: Very nice! Strong feelings put inside those words.

The Arrow And The Song

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

struanrobertson02: Both great poems. Nice job!