Remembering the lost brings life again
And I’m content with this, for it will last
Forgetting what once was is deeper pain
My sticky love once melted in your rain
And yet, absorbed, we shared a common flask–
Remembering the lost brings life again
The memories revived soak up that rain
That’s falling now on saddened, soaking grass
Forgetting what once was is deeper pain
Your sentient love was shot into my veins,
And then it wasn’t. Still, that is the past–
Remembering the past brings life again
The deficit you gave gives richest gain
Of words with which to speak of what has passed
Forgetting what once was is deepest pain
I was struck down as Abel to your Cain
My brittle life was shattered by your brass–
Remembering the past brings life again
Forgetting what once was is deepest pain