Roger Mills poems

Many years ago, my Grandpa, Roger Mills (RIP) sat down with a tape recorder and reciting some of his favorite poems. These two were played during my mother's memorial service. "Remember Me" by Christina Georgina Rossetti and a poem that my uncle Gary wrote years ago.

Below you will find the two typed out, so you may read along...

REMEMBER me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad

Gary Mills:
It's hard to be strong when you're fighting back tears
If you think of past memories as just wasted years.
Life can seem cruel and very unfair,
But you can't change the past; it will always be there.
Days may look darker, nights may feel long,
Things may seem different, but you have to be strong
The knots in your stomach may hurt deep inside,
The tension, and the anger, the hurt of your pride.
You try to be strong and keep it together,
But things just don't seem real and time takes forever.
Thousands of thoughts just whirl through your mind;
Your life, your future, you try to unwind.
Answers seem hard to the questions you ask;
You think to yourself how long will it last
The present begins as the past slips away.
It lasts only a moment, it's not here to stay.
So look to the future and learn from your past.
The future starts now,
But your memories will last.
So try to be strong when you're fighting back tears.
Because memories are memories, and not wasted years.

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