Remember

Remember

Remember, it is less important to get what you want

than it is to want what you ultimately get - 

we really are slaves to our debt.

Remember, don't wish for eternity

if you cannot spend even one idle night - 

spend your time wisely, it is finite.

Remember, tying happiness to objects

only leads to your great sorrow - 

you own nothing, you can only borrow.

Remember, you can look inside for peace,

or you can seek it in faith in a heaven above - 

The only place you will find it is in Love.

Remember, children equate your time with love

hoping that maybe they are worth yours - 

and even a cracked jug still pours.

Remember, these truths make up a life,

there is no easy way to get around it - 

Leave the campsite cleaner than you found it.

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This poem is an anaphora (Greek: ἀναφορά, “carrying back”) a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis.

As usual, I was prompted by those folks over at DVerse, if I remember correctly.

©2022 Christopher Reilley 

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