I Will Never Forget You Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell

I could never fail to remember when you loved me.
You used to place sweet flowers in my hair
and secure me with you everywhere;
and you let no man look upon you and fail to see
your prized beauty standing there.

I remember when you used to hold me near
and whisper in my ear that you loved me.
I could never think back on thee
and neglect to hear
the waves of love that came rushing over me.

But could I recapture you and keep you
beside me forever and always,
I would take away your numbered days
so that our time would never be through -
forever allowing the other praise.

Fate knows no tears like the ones which I have shed
over your very name which someone hath spoken;
and like the placement of some long-lost token,
it takes me down into the depths of a watery bed
where the past in me hath woken.

I thank heaven for all the gifts that it has given;
yet, I abhor it for taking you away -
what is the saddest soul supposed to say?
I hope that in the eyes of some god, I have been forgiven
for loathing and loving the goodness shown my way.

How I loved you in your sleep
when I used to glance upon you and want you more -
wanting something impossible to wish for;
yet, hoping forever that I could keep
every part of you behind love's door.

And, in the glancing, it was though you wished the same,
for with lashes closed and lips apart,
I heard the whispers of your heart
when, in your sleep, you called my name
as if to my soul you journeyed athwart.

I have pleasant memories that will last me a lifetime,
but my worst fear is that you know not my loss;
for, just like stormy seas, I felt the toss
as if I had been thrown across some endless time
witnessing not the flight of the Albatross.

In that ending moment, I felt the urge to hold you close
in my arms and protect you from everything,
losing my life would mean nothing.
I'd have given my soul if someone chose
in that moment a wish to bring.

The worst was done when you let loose my hand.
God! Could I have only had the power to die!
I would have taken that journey across the sky,
wherein, with you, beside you, I could stand
and gently, with you, in splendor lie.

No! I will never forget you.
I will never forget what I so longed for and found
that now lies six feet under this worthless ground.
The mere thought that this love is through
forces me to hear the silence of sound.

Your kindness brought me the gift of life
wherein I tasted the warmth of you -
wherein I caressed the man of you -
wherein I solely became your wife.
Nothing in this world could make me forget you.

You are all that is kept within the dreams of sleep
otherwise, there is no warmth in me
there is no happiness to see.
My happiness died when I could not keep
the greatest love ever to be.

As I rise to another morning apart from you,
I know that I will never forget you;
and until the day I die and ever afterwards,
I know that I will never forget you.