Remember Me In Your Pain Poem by David McLansky

Remember me in your pain
When you call out for help in vain;
When illness rots your cells inside,
When blood does bruise your proud thick hide;
Remember me as you limp,
When muscles swell and tear and crimp;
When your vision's hazed and you cannot see,
In those days, then think of me;
For in your ruthless arrogance,
When I was weak without defence,
You tortured me with a look so snide
And mocked my anguish as I cried;
When you call out from your unmade bed,
When your hunger insists that you be fed,
When you've soiled yourself and cannot rise,
When you limply lay by all despised;
In your panic and rush of fear,
Sensing that the end is near,
In your contorted, pained grimace;
Remember me, ... see my face.