memento

Like oceans, we have spent
this time together before.
In galley slave pits you fed me
water and removed my slivers.
Riding Ch'u dynasty chariots
we perished on Mongol swords,
We toiled rocks in chains
and built Stonehenge,
drank with King Arthur
and danced with Black Elk.
We fled, hand-in-hand, dodging
Hitler's bullets, and
I carried you over the border
to have our lasting love in freedom.
During past full moons, the sun set
the seas in orbit
and as driftwood we tumbled
onto the shores of somewhere beautiful,
Another life together, my love?

Originally by Chris Coleman