remind me

            in the morning

remind me   of your favourite colour

            of the colour of your eyes

remind me   to pay the phone bill

remind me   to call my parents

remind me to pretend to be busy when they call me



remind me

            there is leftover rice to eat



remind me

            of the stories I told in the fifth grade

remind me   of the fifth grade

            of the playground

remind me   to brush my teeth

remind me

            to care about my teeth

remind me that leaves are born curled into buds

remind me

           that April unfurls them too

remind me

           in mid-November

remind me  again



remind me  what you said last week

remind me  why you said it

remind me

           of sunrises

           of sunsets

           of the ocean

remind me  I have never been here before

remind me  I have never been here before

remind me

           again



remind me  that there is a swingset in the park

           that I still have a favourite animal

           that I can bake a cake if I want to

remind me we are all here for the first time



remind me

           in 15 minutes

           in mid-sentence

remind me

           too late

           too early for next time

remind me

           again

remind me  to breathe

           to look both ways before crossing the street



remind me

remind me

           again