Remember

When the world was good
When pollution was our drug
And the afterlife was an afterthought

Remember
When I could taste you on my skin
Breathe your intoxicating company
And waste away whole afternoons, wasting

Remember 
When the world was good
When we weren't so very fragile
And when I could hold you in my arms

Your tears warm my soul
Your frozen body lies, annulled 
But still I cast the old

Because I remember.