Remember when I first met you? 
And you spoke.... 
Shatt'ring the deadened silence 
With the living golden flame 
Of soft voiced words 
Do you remember? 
Or was I merely am amusement... 
        for a moment? 
Remember that moonlit sidewalk 
Where you smiled 
Wherein I passed rigid and unafraid 
And you called "Van!" 
And I trembled where I stood, 
Aye! Trembled like a child 
The soldier, the drifter, 
Trembled at a word! 
And then....was it later 
'Neath the cathedral sweep of Ilini hall 
You told me to go.... 

Was it a pastime...or do you remember? 
I....I...I hope that you remember 
It is all that I have! 

         TVD