You Will Remember

You Will Remember

You can simply lay me there in shade of trees
that slowly breeze their umbrage with the 
ephemeral sun, a caress with tenderness across this
          fragile frame.
You can leave me here, where fragrance of freshly
rained grass will wash over me with the warmth
you used to bathe me and sprinkle me subsequently
          with perfume.
You can lay me here and sit with me, watching
clouds move with grace of swans, or ponderous
nobility of elephants, blocking the sun with their
          tenacious bodies.
And when you go, you will shed some tears, love
in your heart and good remembrance of words
we spoke, or never said, all our arms and legs and
          raging love.
You will remember, you will remember.

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May 6, 2017 
Copyright © Darren White