“Will I Remember”
(Tom Entrican – 2/10/2023)
All the friends who came to play
The army forts and fantasies
The ones I loved who went away
They had to see who they would be
The home where I learned to stay alive
My memories now they seem to blur
Those childhood dreams cannot survive
And if they do, will I remember
My love so sweet, but long since gone
Children grown and moved away
A broken heart that’s still withdrawn
And emptiness that comes to stay
Now with the gray there comes a price
No more strength for me to render
Existence soon will lose its spice
If I survive will I remember
Suffice to say I’ve lost my touch
My coat has lost its sheen
The art in me has lost its brush
And there is no vaccine
Now as I feel me slip away
My thoughts I must surrender
This part of me forever stays
My Lord I will remember