remember

remember me on the hilltop where you lie amid the flowers
the moments shall pass and the hours will trickle on

remember the days that you have taken
from those who cared to spend them with you

remember not the anger, but too
relinquish the passion for it is not yours to keep
you must pass it on

remember to always keep true to yourself
for none other will, except by chance

remember that if you are alone that you always were
and that you never were

do not remember if in remembering you would lose your way
but do not be too sure of the forgetting,
for not even those who remember all
can see all ways always

and if you come across
a small chasm
between you and them
throw not your blame into the gulf
for it will only widen it like a load of dynamite

you must lean in, so far, so far that you might fall
and fall you may
I do not know, I do not remember
I can not remember that which has not happened
although it has happened before

you must lean in
and you may fall
and in the falling you will
be remembered.