A Rare Monologue

Leave me to remember
What you remember not
Or might not remember quite as well
Because if anything says; "'t is all the same"
It's the words you choose to tell

Leave me to abandon
What you abandon not
Or might not abandon as gracefully as I
Because if anything shows the face of Love
It's the consistent presence or lack thereof

Leave me to surrender
What you surrender not
Or might not surrender as willingly as I
Because if anything states a reluctant goodbye
It’s the moment our tears fail to die

Leave me to accomplish
What you accomplish not
Or might not accomplish quite as well
Because if anything bleeds; “not to be forgotten”
It’s the pulse that drives me to rebel

Leave me to bear witness
What you can witness not
Or might not witness as selflessly as I
Because if anything claims a genuine anchor
It’s the fragmented path of vanity’s odor


Leave it to me to remind you
When to walk away
And take my lead
As I enclose my feelings, unafraid
Leave it to me to reach you
On levels you did not go
And look up to me
To see the face you do not know…


You heard me
You heard me
Then; leave me
Please, leave me
Leave me to remember
And leave me to forget
And, by chance, it might be
That I shall not regret…