TO: Your Memory

I want to remember
I want to remember loving you well
I want to remember all the swell times we had
And memories though they begin to fade

I want to remember you well

It may be impossible with alzeheimer's and senility
But I want to remember our love as best I can

The first day that we met was not in anyway perfect
Messy hair, messy clothes, a broken car on a summer day
In the middle of somewhere deserted. No food. No drink. No gas

It was you and me on a dirt road of disaster
Colliding cars. Boiling tempers.

But somehow, somewhere between our first goodbye
Our second hello, we changed for better

I want to remember the first smile we shared
Over a warm handshake in a gas station
Our first deliberate meeting and your gentle laughter
At my clumsy handling of social rituals

I want to remember it all
I want to remember all of you
The major, the minor, the average
The exciting, the depressing, the calm

So I write to your memory daily
Hoping that you'll remember us too
One day