Memories...

I remember when I was born and the doctors said I wouldn’t survive, But I lived a very long life, even if I wasn’t always alive.

I remember when I was ten and my father started spending more time with me, But he could never look me in the eyes, and he always behaved strangely.

I remember when I was twenty and I finally felt free, I no longer dreamt of hanging myself off a tree.

I remember when I was thirty and I started spending more time with my daughter, But I could never look her in the eyes, they sparkled like rippling water.

I remember when I was forty and I started a new life, But I wasn’t the same and I became overly protective of my wife.

I remember when I was fifty and I almost died, But I recovered even though they told me I had nothing to live for, I didn’t like what my death would have signified.

I remember when I was sixty and all alone and they told me I only had a few days to live before I would die, But I decided to leave behind a legacy, so that the world would have something to remember me by.

I remember when he was born and the doctors said he wouldn’t survive, But he lived a very long life, even if he wasn’t always alive.

I remember when he was ten and his mother lost her battle with life, But she lived on through him, he had his mother’s eyes.

I remember when he was twenty and he got married to his dream wife, But she was all he had left, his father had ended his own life.

I remember when we he was thirty and his wife was senselessly murdered, But unlike his father he looked after his child and he never surrendered.

I remember when he was forty and he got married again, But his daughter died of terminal illness, for a while he wasn’t totally sane.

I remember when he was fifty and his wife died giving birth and he had heart failure, But he refused to let go the way his father had, he sure was a fighter.

I remember when he was sixty and all alone and they told him he only had a few days to live before he would die, But he decided to leave behind this legacy, so that the world would have something to remember him by.

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