Joy Harjo is the speaker in this poem. She is imparting knowledge to someone younger. Her whole tone is real and sincere, almost as if she is speaking to a grandchild. The first line sets the mood for the whole poem: "Remember me". It sounds like something that would be said by a grandmother to her granddaughter. There is love and wisdom in her voice. The second line explains what kind of memory she is talking about. It is the memory of a child. Children have perfect memories because they forget nothing. In the third line, she tells her listener not to worry about forgetting anything because your memory only works well if you don't bother it. If you do, it will forget everything anyway. In the fourth line, she says that although we should rely on our memory, there are things outside of our control that can affect it. For example, if there is a fire near where you keep all your important papers and documents then you might forget something that you want to remember. In conclusion, Remember me says Joy Harjo hoping that her reader will remember all the things she has told them.