"I know you will forget me when I'm gone"

[elisem.livejournal.com]

That was the first line of a poem Mike wrote to me.

Because it's a Mike poem, though, it turns around before the end. Of course.

It was unfinished. The missing lines are in the middle. Also of course. He knew the shape of it, and put in the one line of the middle where he knew it would go. Even with the missing middle, though, it works. Oh, it works.

I know you will forget me when I'm gone
It is no test of love or trust or will
For certain grounds have to be dwelt upon
For certain spaces will not go unfilled
[... unwritten line ...]
I know you will forget me when I'm gone
[....]
[....]
I will not bless what I'll not look upon
For what's not wrong no one needs to forgive
I know you will forget me when I'm gone
In order that you properly may live
Outpacing death and homeward making speed
Till hearts are harbored and are home indeed
And when I die... what did I have to say?
What minds let slip, hearts never give away.

Comments

[badger2305.livejournal.com]

I still miss him. Damn it. A LOT.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

I know, dear heart.