Water remembers you <br />falling now on your sleeping face <br /> <br />waking you from dreams <br />with its surprise <br /> <br />after you fell asleep <br />at your first pinic. <br /> <br />Water remembers your childish <br />laughter. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br /> <br />holding your body <br />in its body <br /> <br />as you learn not to fear it <br />as you learn the words float...sink...swim. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />becoming its friend. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />diving into its honeymoon waters <br /> <br />becoming fishes....kisses <br />lasting from here to eternity. <br /> <br />Water remembers two <br />delerious skinnydippers. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />crying in its rain <br /> <br />sobbing 'I'll never fall in love again! ' <br />as if you were an old 1950's tune. <br /> <br />Water remembers such tears <br />hiding them in its rain. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />laughing in the rain <br /> <br />having fallen in love again <br /> <br />so quick to change <br />your tune. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />laughing here we go again. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />soaking wet in a sudden thunder storm <br /> <br />flowers held in your hand <br />having lost their heads <br /> <br />presenting her <br />with nothing but stalks. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />having to wear her old dress <br /> <br />as she dried your clothes. <br /> <br />Water remembers <br />kisses lost amonst the roar of a fire. <br /> <br />Water remembers you <br />& is saddened to find you <br /> <br />with no answers <br />with no questions <br /> <br />here on this bridge <br />reflecting itself <br /> <br />here in its depths <br />where only silence lives <br /> <br />holding you <br />as before <br /> <br />only water <br />remembers your death.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-memory-of-water-for-scarlet/
