I remember like it was present day a week before my birthday
On a Tuesday, Teen court every Tuesday
Some unusual about this Tuesday
Cooln with my Uncle Jerome O E's steady too the doom
My Cousin Eric came to visit home; Auntie Marinete White feathered home
Planned a midway visit at his home
And Uh hm I remember when Eric drove off, parked the brakes, Aunt And E said their daily goodbyes Aunt waived
If I had knew my final goodbye, phone ringing yo final goodbye
I'll never question God why the torment in my throat box tie
Cabbage stew your favorite healthy
pie
Clouds are the dust from Lord God feet a cloud image of Aunt Said hey
Would you know me In the Heaven's sky
Star on earth sin wrapped around yo necktie
Would you know me if I said hey if you do If Its The Lord Will nephew would reply
- Loverboi
My aunt remembers details
From her life so long ago,
Yet ask her what she had for lunch
And she'll say, "I don't know."
She knew her old address and all
The neighbors who lived near.
Her memory from eighty years ago
Was crystal clear.
Yet she could not recall the fact
She'd talked about her youth,
Repeating stories umpteen times -
Believe me, that's the truth.
We listened and responded
Like each telling was the first.
Within my aunt's declining brain,
The time has been reversed.
But still, we had a lovely time -
We laughed and reminisced.
Those tales from days long past to me
Are so hard to resist.
The mind's a most peculiar thing -
As brain cells up and die,
We travel back to how we were,
The present day a lie.
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