If You Forget Me Poem by James McLain

In retrospect you think it over long and hard
The life I've lived and had
And the seas I've crossed the shores I've
Had to walk,
It's because of politics that have worn me
Down each day.
Struggle love exile forget me.

And they have made me go away to live a life
Unlived,
If you forget me as I struggle on.
The fragrant open rose I can't forget,
The vine seeks out your lips.

The letters I receive from you of love
Of fire and ice like none before.
But if you forget me I shall forget you more.

Without your love but more not less
I will
Struggle on somehow that day will be here soon.