Remember
by Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
The Hopeful Appeal
By Minyoung Sohn
If perchance I am sent
to a distant hollow
Sweetest love I ask,
with me should you follow?
Would you close your eyes
and hold your breath
Take a step into Tomorrow?
Would you grasp my hand
and still my heart
Purge me of my sorrow?