Do You Remember Me?

Do You Remember Me?

Volcano rising

Suppressed down

Burning inferno

Making little sound.

Engulfed in regret

Of, “What if.”

Shifting shadows

My mind sift.

I caught your eyes

For a moment

And we remembered

All we ever felt.

But that time has passed

You moved on,

So did I

And time went by.

Am I still a memory

In your head?

Or is that memory

Dead?

Remember how you

Threw me in the trash

And walk on

Never hearing the crash.

I picked up myself and washed you off

I scrubbed my soul with a dirty cloth.

And you laughed

And danced

And did as you pleased

And moved on to spread your disease.

The thought of this makes it hard to mend

Damage done by a, “friend.”

But, what if

I could run into the wind

And leave you behind?

What if I could wash my soul

And make redemption mine?

What if I could forgive you

And count it no loss

What if someone else could pay the cost?

What if God could set me free

From the burning volcano

Inside of me?

by ELL