Memory puts <br />everything back. <br /> <br />Just <br />as it <br />was. <br /> <br />Even the glint of candlelight <br />caught in your eyes <br /> <br />that impish smile <br />you smile as you straighten your skirt <br /> <br />your laughter <br />tinkling amongst the clink of glasses <br />knocked over & spilt. <br /> <br />The Present <br />eager to forget you <br /> <br />& become a Future <br /> <br />that lives <br />without you. <br /> <br />The Present is <br /> upset. <br /> <br />It tries to be <br />itself <br />& erases the Past <br />wherever it finds it. <br /> <br />But memory <br />puts everything back <br /> <br />just as <br />it was <br /> <br />as it <br />is.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-as/
