rewind life and remember <br />your last bad words, your last good ones, <br />to him. long before the cut. <br />if you're not too relaxed, <br />picture the last conversation <br />and how it went. what he told you. <br />why you didn't listen completely. <br /> <br />try to push past all this recent history <br />to the old school grounds. <br />remember <br />tripping on a shoelace. <br />he helped you up, didn't he? <br />remember <br />falling off the swing. <br />wasn't he there to show you <br />how to hit the ground running? <br /> <br />remember how you forgot all that. <br />try to understand everyone's own impact. <br />his impact. his footprint. <br />if you're not too busy to mourn an early end, <br />stop. remember how he touched. <br />no matter how or when or why. <br />just for the record, <br />you're never going to see him again.<br /><br />Scott Stevenson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remember-36/
