Remembrances Poem by Edith Niemeyer

REMEMBRANCES

[Verse 1]
How do I reclaim my inner self
When once upon a memory
Does not let slip from within to without,
Given flight beyond what used to be?

It transcends the portal of time,
Yet somehow stays in limbo still.
Away, away, I say to remembrance—
But remembrance has a will.

[Pre-Chorus]
Given time, doth it regain
A foothold here within me?
Or cast out—
Is that my goal of choice?
If I silence every memory,
Do I silence part of my voice?

[Chorus]
Remembrances...
Come within, I say,
Come share with me
What yesterday won't take away.

Madness tiz bliss
When the heart remembers this—
Pleasure and pain
Can walk the same road again.

Come within, I say,
Even darkness has something to give.
For what has been
And what shall be
Still teaches the soul how to live.

[Verse 2]
Each passing remembrance wanders
Through the chambers of my mind,
Some arrive as gentle whispers,
Some leave shattered glass behind.

I tried to send them outward,
I tried to close the door,
But memory knows the hidden paths
My footsteps walked before.

[Pre-Chorus]
So shall I fight the shadows,
Or ask them why they've come?
Perhaps the ache remembers
What the years could not outrun.

[Chorus]
Remembrances...
Come within, I say,
Come share with me
What yesterday won't take away.

Madness tiz bliss
When the heart remembers this—
Pleasure and pain
Can walk the same road again.

Come within, I say,
Come share this darkness within,
Not so darkness conquers me—
But so healing may begin.

[Bridge — quiet, almost spoken]
Once upon a memory...

I was there.
I remain.

Not every wound asks forgetting.
Not every tear falls in vain.

Some memories come as sorrow,
Some return dressed as light—
And some must sit beside us
Before we bid them goodnight.

[Final Chorus]
Remembrances...
Come within, I say.
I shall not fear
What yesterday brings today.

For knowing pleasure and pain
Gives rise to remembrance again—
Of that which has been,
Of that which shall be...

And somewhere between them
Still becoming—

me.

[Outro]
Away, away, I once did say...

Now come within.

Come share with me.

For remembrance
need not imprison—

Sometimes...

remembrance sets us free.