REMEMBER ME


Remember me - the way I was
not as what I became.
Recall me how I looked to you
when we met,
before you learned too much
before knowledge was power
and power corrupted
and you gained so much over me.


Speak well of me
- if it comes up.
Keep in mind that we started well.
I behaved wonderfully
at first.


In the later days - think of that
as someone else
someone smaller
someone diminished
someone who doesn't deserve you
someone who doesn't deserve even lip service.
A conspiracy of silence exists
about my later days
- or will, if you allow it.


Do not remember the me
who hurt you
or who tried.
Do not remember him.
Remember me.

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