"Please Remember"

by Jeph Johnson


Please remember

All the happiness you brought me

And the lessons that you taught me

Please remember

All the joys my life could muster

And the glow of my life's luster

Were ignited because of you


Please remember

The times I ventured forward

And tried doing something new

Were also linked to you

Please remember me as someone who

Needed your love

And cherished you in my life

Even as my ex-wife.


Once you asked me 

Who my best friend was,

And I barely hesitated:

"You," I said, "because

No one else has loved me as you have."

You thought it was sad.


It's not sad. It's apropos;

It's what you need to know 

I wed the woman who loved me right.

Not everyone can say that.


I certainly did not love you back

In the ways you were deserving

But I loved you then and love you now

In ways way more enduring

Now I can bravely depart

Paint a smile upon my urn

The love emitted from your heart

Is impossible not to return.

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

2020, for Tammy

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S74rW4rd's picture

I agree with Saiom.  I think

I agree with Saiom.   And, also,I think this poem is one of the centerpieces of your entire collection.  The poem is poignant throughout its entire form, but. in that final stanza, as some composers do in great symphonies, you bring it to a very intense conclusion.


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saiom's picture

  If you want more time, may

 

If you want more time, may a merciful God give that to you.

A deep inspiring and unusual poem