By Baby Rose
Date: 2007 Sep 15
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I Shall Remain



  Ink drifts upon paper
   like black pearls in crystal snow,
  standing out in ivory fields
  our memories are sure to grow.

  And write them,
  how I'll write them
  in whispers like smoke in air,
  so you might breathe them in my love,
  when bones are dust and I'm not there.

  Engraved upon a marble stone
  my words will speak so soft of you,
  take them in as coming spring
  when all is born sweet and new.

  Keep them closely labeled,
  these trinkets of my life,
  for they are marked most intricately
  in smiles, tears, joy and strife.

And read them as you will
in falling rain or beating gold,
you will then find my flesh renewed,
silken, sun kissed, yours to hold.

And ever shall I live among you,
and ever shall I be,
as long as ink and paper
allow words to flow
as endless waves on a milky sea...