THE DAUGHTER OF MEMORY

            Walking on the bridge of resolution,
            I met the daughter of memory.

            A smile long forgotten,
            eyes that stared into the deepest
            secrets of my solitude,
            I froze in the presence of my past.
            She smiled.

            I was in love again as I had been for so many
            forgotten years.
            Yesterday is forever gone.
            Tomorrow will be with or without you.

            I am a fleeting memory come to life.
            Pain and sorrow, I do not show the tears,
            the tears of pain and sorrow.

            As I love a time that can never return,
            the daughter of memory smiles
                      and says, "Goodbye."