Remember
I remember holding you
while we lie in bed awake
and I would hug you so close
just to feel every breathe that you take
and I remember you telling me
that you don't want me to cry
and I promise you that I wont
but deep down you knows I lie
and I remember you telling me
that I have to be strong inside
and I remember the moment
that you close your eyes and died
and I remember when they carry you
standing in the rain soaking wet
as I fumbled with a lighter
trying to light a cigarette
and I remember the flowers
as they cover you in the ground
every one wishing me well
but I couldn't hear a sound
I remember her parents standing there
and the grieve on your face
for so many years they disowned you
for loving a man of a different race
and I remember reaching out a hand
trying to find something to say
and I remember they look at me
and without a word walk away
I remember the first time we meet
down by the Staten island mall
when you got a flat tire
and didn't know who to call
and I remember our first date
and asking you to be my wife
and i remember taking you to Trinidad
to show my parents the woman to share my life
and I remember you dancing
to steel pan and calypso
drinking coconut water
sucking sugar cane and ripe mangoes
and when you got sick
and what the doctor said to me
I remember our fairly tales
turns to a horror story
you made me swear
to be strong and carry on
now I'm so weak
so weak since you been gone
I remember every moment
every moment spend with you
the only thing I don't remember
is how to live without you
I cant live without you
so I wont even try
I will stay by your grave
until the day I die
god you take my woman
the only one I ever love
and you got so many angels
you didn't need another one above
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