DID YOU KNOW ME WHEN....?

Did you know me when
My blood flowed fast and free
Through clean and wide open veins
And Arteries?

Did you know me when
The whites of my eyes glowed
Fresh and unspoiled
Like new-fallen snow

And did you know me then,
When my lungs opened wide 
And I could breathe deep and sing
Without a rattling cough?

And if you knew me way back then
Tell me, what was I like?

  By Phil Roberts

Reviews

[charlie]

I'm wondering if you might have family or a friend - someone you would have read this poem, in person?

It's beautifully moving... Begs a reply.

[Phil Roberts]

thank you, Charlie. It's always good to hear from you. The question is rhetorical really. The truth is I can be sure that at all ages I was getting myself in the state I'm in now :)