Remember the fight
Remember the time
Remember the pain
Remember the nightmares
Remember the lost friends
Remember the familiar faces fade away
Remember the patience it took
Remember the shaking
Remember the headaches
Remember the paralysis
Remember the embarrassment
Remember the stiffness
Remember the chronic soreness
Remember the sleepless nights
Remember the eternal confusion
Remember the Oblivion
Remember the unbearable mornings
Remember what you had to give away
Remember the sickness
Remember the rape.
Now remember me,
Remember my face,
Remember my eyes,
Remember my beautiful feet,
Remember my skin,
Remember my paintings,
Remember my poetry,
Remember my strength,
Remember my voice singing April Wine,
Remember my shaking hands,
Remember my sympathy,
Remember all of my soul,
Remember my relentless heart,
every wound inside me,
smiling on the outside.
Remember that I am a rare diamond,
Now tell me
it was all for nothing.