Remember Me

When kingdoms rise and pass,
And you've grown old and wise,
Say you'll still remember
The warmth once in my eyes.

Say that when you're lonely
And your heart has slowed its beat,
That still you will remember me
As I wasn't obsolete.

These tears tracing down my face,
Bloody rivers from inside
Pouring from my ruptured heart,
That part of me which died.

Remember me as I was—
Shining, smiling, alive—
Before I fell, tumbling down
And my mind did not survive.

I pray as the rain sheds this mask
And reveals my screaming core,
That I shall never witness you
As you weep for my nevermore.

I hope you'll keep me living
And forget of my decline;
In my final moments of sanity,
When you were truly mine.