LONGER POEM 6 > REMEMBER

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land; 
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day

You tell me of our future that you planned,
Only remember me; you understand 
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve.

For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, 
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

- By Christina Georgina Rossetti -