who shall know me
when my name is gone –
and buried deep
these withered bones
who shall keep of love I gave –
and speak of me in hush
in silence of remembrance
another birth to pass –
to lean against
the arms of life –
the redbud that I loved
to know her faith is stronger
for summers that we shared
and days I cried
beside her
in the rain
who shall know
and who shall bear the burden
of regrets –
words so few
I kept aside for this
to know my place
of simple grace –
to sleep where few still dream
to walk and never think to them
as someone else I knew
would carry me –
as I shall carry them
let loose
the cause for liberty –
the cause that would be mine
remembered once I moved
between these lines of hurt
and rhyme
who shall know
of nights since passed –
could be I knew me then
was come the road
would take me home –
across these fields again
tornadoday 
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Thank you, Dean.
Beautifully written.
Thank you, Nanc. Words come and I let them. 🙂
Such profound and bittersweet verses…do I sense regret with a bit of hope.
The heart knows both – were not for one, there would be no other. The past is never passed at all, but within us (close enough to touch). And YET, if I cannot change what I had for breakfast, how can I board a ship that left port years ago? And so, we learn and we hope – and every day, there is the miracle known as starting over…… Surely, ‘love makes sweet and sad the same’. Thank you…. much love.
Wonderfully written! I just loved these lines:
for summers that we shared
and days I cried
beside her
in the rain
just gorgeous!
Oh, wow! Thank you……..and yes, those are some of my favorites as well. That sweet redbud has stood by me when I couldn’t stand at all……. Thank you again. Much love, B