Remember me as I was then
not like you see me now
The laughing carefree way I stood
too towered and taught to bow

The happy young man you once knew
who's eye's were clear and bright
Played together each day in the sun
danced alone in the soft moonlight

Rather you see what I was then
than what I have become today
A warm heart who loved you so
with the strength of fire to play

When April swells the marshes
the red winged birds will know
To pipe these two words lightly
to all the winds that blow

The trembling stars of the night
once bold bright shining too
Turn their heads from me now
as I do now from you

Tate
Original version with my own art rendering and music
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/aristate/533257/