Remembrance
The day I fell will long be remembered
By others better than I
For the mind can be bothered by a blow
To blacken the light of the eye
Clarity of the moment cannot be found
Though not for lack of seeking
It has disappeared in a foggy shroud
A memory must be in keeping
The passage of time cannot be blamed for this loss
For to lose one must own
And although the flesh was there at the time
The mind had mirthfully flown
In a house of sage on a floor of age
Old hat on young head did own
A smile so bright charged the night
And the bolt was savagely sown
While the heavenly haze of that eve does claim
The memory so blurred and banded
The elephant on an island displays
The luckiest has yet landed.
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