WHEN I REMEMBER YOU

When I think of the people
Who have come across my path
Through the lens of time
With fondness
With shame
With forgiveness
Of and for me
Of and for you
When I remember you
Is it with a hint of sadness
Does a touch of regret
Color the glance back
Do I forget to let go
Of that which ties me to the past
When I shift through the debris
The memories I have hid
Beneath the mask of time
All the cast off lies
All the misplaced guilt
Polluting the mind
When I think of you
Do I let in the light
Do I hold onto the hardness
That can envelope my heart
Forgetting all that Jesus has done
To free me from it all
When I remember at all
May it be in this truth
I have been forgiven that I may forgive
I have been set free that I may be
God’s witness of His grace
When I remember you
Let it be through the cross


Angel Barreto