Remember

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  LIFE SONGS

 

Remember

 

We remember in our hearts

We remember in our bones

We remember in the words we choose

We remember in the choices we make

We remember in each step we take

 

I cannot help but wonder

What others may remember

A hundred years from now

 

Will they remember your smile

Preserved in an ancient image

Reflected in a loved one’s phrase

Captured on a poet’s page

 

Will they remember your love

And how you gave it so freely

Will they remember your generosity

Will they remember your empathy

 

Will your spirit still exist

In the consciousness of others

Will they rise to your memory

And raise a toast to your living soul

 

I believe they will remember

Though they may not have a name

For that strange sense of wonder

That lifts us from our shame

 

For we live forever

Not only in the heart and mind

But in the air the trees the soil

The misty ocean and the tides

 

I will remember you

As I hope you remember me

For time is but an illusion

In a vast and endless sea