i remember laughter

 i remember laughter

i remember tears

i remember cavalier times

then I realized my fear

aids stormed into our lives

twenty years ago

people are still dying

some people still don’t know

i remember laughter

i remember tears

i remember good times

then I realized my pain

aids stormed into our lives

twenty years ago

people are still dying

some people still don’t care

i remember laughter

i remember tears

i remember good times

then I lost my friends

aids stormed into our lives

twenty years ago

and people are still dying

no one seems to care

people are still dying

i remember laughter

i remember tears

I still live my reality

that this aids thing is real

i remember laughter

i remember tears

i know too well the sorrow

mourning friends dying in a row 

i remember laughter

© 2001 lorenzo c. robertson