Remember.

The happy days, the gentle moments, the songs we played, the way we laughed, the way we talked, the way we danced in the parking lot…

I can’t remember

There are shadows on the walls, silence fills the empty halls

Broken pieces of what had been, close my eyes and play pretend.

Silent screams and quiet fears, faint whispers in my ears…

But I can’t remember.

Standing on a thin line of what is real and what is mine.

Obscured as I desperately grasp at all that I had, what once was real, I can no longer feel.

And I can’t remember.

The darkness around knows no light, the pain, it knows no respite.

The fire I once felt is now cold grief.

Please, I can’t remember.

I hear words I used to know, and the gentle arms that held me so, “Lady May, by your side I always stay, even if I seem far away, please remember”

And I Remember.