Remembering

Remembering

If I forget you for a little while,
please forgive me. I will remember again
because of who you were
and what you did for me
and because knowing your name really matters.
Not as much to me, I know, as it does
to those you knew you best
and loved you most.

But if you'll allow me this,
I want to remember your name.

And when I hear it or see it
or someone speaks it,
I will say
with the greatest humility,
I know exactly who that is
and what he did.
I remember that name.