Without Our Gift Of Memory

What would we be without the power to recall? Without our gift of memory we'd be little at all To those who lose their memory confusion is their lot The faces of friends and family by them even forgot For the children and kindred of alzheimers sufferers life must be very sad The memory loss of a sibling, uncle, aunty, mum or dad Though 'tis a natural instinct for us to cling to life's breath In a choice between death and loss of memory I think I would choose death I am a lucky fellow my gift of memory I retain And I hope till my last breath of life that with me it will remain To the great gift of memory I will gladly drink a toast In that sense I am lucky far luckier than most Life would not be worth much without it the great gift of memory I am sure at what I say here that most with me would agree.