Soliloquy

Do you remember the time you first laughed
Or the time you picked your first fight?
The moment you chose to learn this craft,
As soon as your dreams took flight.

Do you remember those beautiful long summers?
The time you fell off your bike to skin your knee?
I agree that those moments are now just blurs
In your increasingly fading memory.

Do you remember those days with that friend,
Who promised he would never leave your side?
Though it’s a shame that the charade had to end,
You grew up enough to know that he hadn’t lied.

Do you remember those frightfully long days of school,
When the days just didn’t seem to end?
Wearing that bandanna everyone thought to be cool,
Learning to be your own man and never to bend.

Do you remember the time you couldn’t think straight,
While saying your first hello to someone you liked?
She went away soon and you started cursing your fate,
Wondering what it was that had kept you tongue-tied.

Do you remember those days when you knew you had to go,
Behind that dream that had kept you awake?
Fighting all odds, going against the flow,
Landing in bed at night with every known ache?

Do you remember the time they used to say
That you couldn’t make it, were a one-day wonder if just
But then He stepped into the game and made you stay,
Changing it all with faith in you and some trust.

I think you remember not agreeing with Dad,
Quarrelling and not learning to accept your mistake.
“Score some more runs and work harder, lad.”
You never understood that he didn’t want you to break.

I hope you remember, I hope memory doesn’t betray you
As you try to become the man you always wanted to be.
Don’t forget the people and the system you came through
In your tiresome quest to become the best you can possibly be.