What to remember
Aurelia D Wallace
Woman remembers the yearning, not the getting.
Man remembers the gift, not the giving.
Babe remembers the sucking, not the breast.
I remember the living, not the dead.
Tomb remembers the dead, not the living.
Governments count the fed, not the starving.
Child remembers the answer, not the calling.
Rain remembers the sky, not the falling.
Tide remembers the shore, not the rising.
I remember the living, not the dying.
Iris Jeanette Pueschel
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