Remember to Live
poetry·@shad0fx·
0.000 HBDRemember to Live
Poem: Remember To Live Author: Joe DeMarco  Remember to live Deep into that darkness peering, Long i stood there wondering, fearing ... doubting. Poe's words lingered in my mind peering out that cracked window into an unknown tomorrow what path lays before me where am i supposed to go now the blood drips from the knife the drugs have dried in the needle pissed away the alcohol the darkness, something there calling, squawking i squint trying to focus deeper into that darkness peering nothing moves in the darkness but the memories of the past none more than the loss why did she have to die what kind of a world do we live in where something so beautiful taken away within a manner of months the disease slowly taking her away Until that last day when she looked at me tears streaked across her face she smiled, a painful smile "No more will you have to watch me die" she said as best she could better than she had in a long time as one last gift from a dying woman "I love you... Remember to Live" She said as she closed her eyes My heart sank as there she died though years had passed i could still feel her hand in mine as her body went cold I clenched my hand tight i rose barely able to stand with my legs the drugs, the blood loss, the alcohol finally having their way i stumble to the floor along came a rapping, like someone tapping, tapping on that cabin door. The echo of the sound through the floor mixed with the drugs pounding in my head i scream out, holding my ears "make it stop i scream" I look at my watch Saturday 3:36a I pass out A voice through the darkness of my mind "Do you remember me?" A strange familiar sound to it "What have you done with your life?" the sound, playing with memories "I told you to remember to live, and you got lost!" The somber melody playing with the heart "What have you become?" Flashes begin to burst in my mind showing me the sins i have done "Your better than this" My mind races, flourishes A marvelous fantasy races through "It can be yours" All of chasing dreams long forgotten of ink and words scattered upon a page along came a rapping, like someone tapping tapping on a hard wooden door "Remember to live" My eyes open, blinded by the morning light through the cracked window where I had stared, peered into that darkness I pull my arm painfully to see the time Thursday, 11:20a What had happed i sat reflecting on life "Remember to live" Those words echoed in my mind. The day turns to night my mind races with everything scars tended to, drugs and alcohol dumped down toilet it seemed fitting flushed out of reach and out of life I grabbed one of my journals it's leather bound cover reflecting age i grab my old ink pen looking out that cracked window The light of the sun long gone Deep into that darkness peering Long I sat there wondering, hoping, dreaming "Remember to live" Those words echoing in my mind "I think I will" dreams made reality, life made whole through something so simple as words on a page.  What do you think? This one I was inspired by Poe's work, and ran with the inspiration that came from it.
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