DIPTYCH

1. If I Die

If I die
Remember me
Remember not
The kisses I inflicted you like splendid wounds
For these are now your skin
But the kisses you ever hoped I kiseed
For then I’ll live forever
Kissing

If I die
Kissing
Remember not the wounds
Only splendid kisses

 

2. When I Die

When I die
Remember me
Remember not
The Me I was forever dreaming
For this is how I passed betraying hope
But He I ever hoped to be
For then I’ll dream my death and live for ever
Dreaming

When I die
Dreaming
Remember not the life I dreamed
But life unlived the Dream undying