I'll Remember You-Elvis Presley

sunset
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Have you ever seen a dead man?
I mean not on TV or at a funeral parlor
but someone just floating out in the water
dragged onto the beach
worked on, pumped, drawing a crowd,
for thirty minutes or more?

As tears built up in my eyes
with a pretty pink cocktail in hand
I watched and prayed
and scanned the golden beach
for his family...

Wondering when they would return
from the nearby shops
or emerge out of the water
after snorkeling near the cliffs

or come back from the Spa
after a relaxing massage
or jaunt from the Tiki Bar
with cocktails for him

I spied them down the beach
wife and teenage daughter
towels and beach bag in tow
As a dark skinned Maui policeman
was directed towards them by a neighboring sunbather

Their faces shone ghostly
held back from the beach EMT's
and a circle of concerned guests
she had hopes...
that turned to screams on her knees in the sand
as attempts failed and a blanket was placed over him...all of him
...and grown men weeped

On a silenced beach
with the band music halted
the sun took it's desent

The cliff diver held position at the top of Black Rock
until the body was removed

I put myself in her place
and though love is non-existent here
I managed to experience pain

That night I looked at H
and my two teens
though I am unhappy here
that particular night's sunset holds meaning too difficult to describe
...and I can't get it out of my mind
...and I will always remember that family

"I'll remember you
Long after this endless summer has gone
I'll be lonely oh so lonely
Living only to remember you

I'll remember too
Your voice as soft as the warm summer breeze
Your sweet laughter, mornings after
Ever after, I'll remember you

To your arms someday I'll return to stay
Till then I will remember too
Every bright start we made wishes upon
Love me always, promise always
Oooh, you'll remember too

I'll remember you"
-Elvis