Remember

When time has taken from me

all it plans to take

I hope I can recall

all the little things

that have made my seasons beautiful

I hope I can pass those

memories around

like well loved hand me downs

that you can cherish for awhile

greeting them like a friend

or the sunshine on your face

after weeks and weeks of gray

And if I cannot recall myself

Read back to me

from these battle worn pages

so that perhaps,

for a moment,

I can glimpse myself among

the gilded lilies

and remember...