Once I Knew Poem by William Kofoed

Sitting now in still of night
and in the darkness reflecting back
of all the ones that I once knew
and only memories remain unto me

oh how I wish that I had
something which to I could cling
that I now could again touch
as once then so did we

but nothing of them does remain
of but what once was a burning flame
only memories that do fade
and into darkness slip all away

looking into the coming dark
footsteps that alone I'll take
wishing somehow that I could touch
of the ones who once meant so much

perhaps I wonder perhaps I hope
that somehow they still remember me
and think of me in dark of night
with the remaining memories that do slowly fade

traces of love that I once felt
crying for memories alone in the night
wishing somehow something remained
that I could touch again what once there was