To Reach Beyond

Sometimes I stretch out my hand

To touch what I cannot

To hold the hand I cannot see

Finding comfort through envisioning

One day

Someday

On a day

Unlike today

I’ll see the other side

And grasp a reality

Far beyond my own

Where I can truly breathe

And maybe I’ll remember

All those things I keep forgetting

The world I somehow know

Though perhaps I’ve never been there

I recall seeing you

Whoever you are

Stretching out your hand to me

Granting me remembrance

Shining like a light

And though I felt no fear

I didn’t focus either

Except on the memories

But were they memories?

Or perhaps just a dream?

How can I know certainly

That I was remembering?

Maybe I’ll never know

Until my life does undoubtedly cease

Then you can answer questions

Should you choose to speak with me