Like a Broken Pot

Forget not, the time long before now The chats laughs and so much more What it came with, of course, not pain Shall we let now, the memories fade away And the beauty of all those time, vanish Leaving only pieces like a broken pot? Do not forget how much water it had held Nor the quantity it fetched to quench our thirsts When all we needed in life depended on it Let’s not push it aside for any reason Nor leave it just outside in the heat But mend the cracks, while we still can