To see me
Please see me
Feel my breath
Remember it

Touch me
As if I were real
To your eyes
To your heart

Do not forget
Me at all
For death comes
It travels closer
with every passing
Of the hour

To be forgotten
Is to not exist
I would rather be a thought
Then dust on the fiercest wind

Rather to be a whisper
Then lost forever
to soil of the earth
To be ink on paper
Word on tongue
Tear upon cheek

Remember me
Please
Feel these words
As a lovers touch
Upon your hair

A wisp
A promise to be there
All I ask
Of you my love
Is to just remember me

I do not fear
The ceasing of my breath
The halting of the heart
Nor the fading of my face
In your memories

I fear to fade completely
From this place that bore me
From the hearts that love me

I need you to understand
I do not want for you to cling
Or dream of me completely

Just let me live
Behind your mind
Just beyond your fondest memories
So that you may think of me
When the warmth of sun
Blesses your cheek

All I ask
Is to be the happiness
Behind the smiles
The laughter in your dreams

Remember me
Please