OUR BEST DAY IN DENIAL

you cannot be a memory
our best day is still too clear
of how we danced together
and then you kissed me, dear

you cannot be a memory
I see you on the shelf
in a fading photograph
you placed there yourself

you cannot be a memory
your loss I would remember
with nights alone a reminder
of when you held me tender

you cannot be a memory
I will not allow it somehow
I've got to have a forever
not just this tiny photo now

you cannot be a memory
for in the door you will come
our years together just started
we're far from a total sum

you cannot be a memory
I've added up our days
and they've been too short
in this long memory haze

you cannot be a memory
please help me out, my dear
this aching pain in my chest
not arms holding me near

you cannot be a memory
in these tears that I've cried
obscuring a clipping nearby
but vividly tells how you died

oh, if you are a memory
then you cannot be . . .
and I must pay a tribute
though only temporarily

(c) 2003 Ali Cecilie Sonder aka Rennie Lorca