Do you hold me in your memory? Or did all the mementos flee Once you no longer heard from me? My intention was not to abandon But joy played elsewhere so I had to run To it; thinking I could leave crumbs To find my way back to you Now you found your path more true And I am just a time you rued
I wish you would remember me Even if in the distance like fading drums. A beat begot by the love you lose A rhythm that holds memory That weeps now at what it will next become A trance to track the my next muse
This is a poem I wrote to honor my first love, the one that taught me how to