REMEMBER THAT DAY


Remembrance, they come in the in the night

Spinning memories in dreams

Sometimes with smiles

Other times they bring with them the past


To see it over and over, a constant plague

Are they happy and at peace

How is one to know

Still they come to visit


Loud noises bring them back in the day

Then the crowds, I must watch ever careful

The reminder they give me is everyone is at risk

To prevent harm, that is my purpose


They have taught me this lesson well

For over twenty years

There is no more rage and yet less understanding

To say confusion rules life


When sleep finally comes it is not bliss

I wonder why they don�t release my into sunshine

Allow me to move forward, in a reality they no longer exist

They have gone somewhere else


Is it I holding on, twisting in lament and remorse

They have long since been buried

Forgotten by most and never known by others

Yet in my dreams they live, in remembrance


Michael V Hechtman Copyright 2000