Don't Forget Me - 6

'Okay Henry. Get a grip.

Get your head on straight.

It's possible to fix this.

Let's hope it's not too late.

 

The plan was to go back in time

And do it all again;

Experience the best of us 

Just like we did back then.

 

This should have been a simple plan:

Go back to before,

Marry her all over again

And enjoy the next two score.

 

Of course you got distracted;

She's pretty as a peach.

You came on way too strong, though --

Now she's beyond your reach.

 

She even socked you in the face

(at this, a loving grin),

But now our love has been erased,

And you can tell, within.

 

Your memories are fading fast

As details start to blur;

You've got to fix this crazy mess

before you forget her.'

 

He's got to go back to that day,

And stop his other self

From overwhelming Laura Jean

(Dangerous for his health). 

 

He jumps back in the time machine,

Hits the switch once more,

Slowly falls asleep, and wakes up

Forty years before.

 

He sees her 50 yards away,

Arms folded, eyebrows cross,

And then he sees her pretty face

and Henry's at a loss.

 

And, distracted, he can't see

His past self bearing down,

Hissing, "What are you doing here?

Get out of sight, you clown!"

 

 

- Jack