When you waken in the morning
and start a brand new day,
Don't forget to pack your memory
before starting on your way.
With very good intentions,
I have travelled the road to shop;
Unfortunately, it was wasted time -
my memory just forgot!
I'd written a list but nothing clicked -
everything went wrong;
Too many things to remember -
too many words to the song.
I think that is the problem
when there's only one "to do"
And the "to do" list gets longer
and there's only me - not you.
So when you go to do something
and don't remember what -
Just take a breath, a moment still,
and your golf-ball brain might putt.
We joke, though it's not funny
when you're standing in the shoes
Of one who rushed around to do
but her memory she did lose.
When you waken in the morning
and start a brand new day,
Don't forget to pack your memory
before starting on your way.
©Joan Adams Burchell
November 24, 2004
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