-- Some Things We Never Forget --

John Herlihy

Some things will linger we never forget,

Bound together with feelings of regret.

One’s first love always stays a treasure,

One’s wedding day always gives pleasure.

A childhood betrayal of one’s best friend,

A memory you take with you to the end.

The sudden death of one’s favorite teacher,

Hell and brimstone of the church preacher.

In forgetting, we have no sense of missing,

But we never forget that certain blessing.

Just as night rudely sweeps twilight aside,

Remembering cannot our forgetting abide.

I will never ever forget my mother’s love,

She taught me to fly with wings of a dove.

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(c) John Herlihy 11 March 2020