Lest you forget
There is hype
And within it
You've captured my heart -
I want to live for you -
Well, for now anyway -
I'm prepared to be on fire for you now
But back home it's different -
Back at home my friends aren't the same,
I don't have the same joy
And I don't have room for you.
My life
It is my own -
You're just going to mess it 'round -
I'm happy with my life;
I'll be yours
At camp,
At church,
But the rest of my life
Is fine as it is.
"But can't you see, my child
That I have given you this life
So that you may praise me with it
No matter where you go
And what you do with it -
I will only massively change your life
If you want me to -
But please,
Don't forget what I offer you,
Don't forget me when you leave
This place,
This company -
For more than anything
I want you to ask me into your life -
To remember me,
Think of me,
Talk to me,
Rely on me.
I will give you many opportunities
To welcome me in,
But I will not push you
Into something that you don't want -
For that is also my gift to you -
Yours is the decision,
But please:
Choose me over death.
"You have seen something of me,
You have believed in me -
Please don't forget me."
© R. A. W. S. Clarke
I was at the very first Sonfest - a three day Christian music festival held simultaneously across three Australian states - was awesome. Part of the way through, I was walking and talking to a cool friend of mine, and the basis of this poem was discussed - so when I was alone a while later, I sat down and wrote this for her (and many others as well really, but she was the one in mind at the time).
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