So You Will Know

This is to those who have loved me so well in this life. It is a little mushy but I am just that way. Maybe I just want the last word! If any one shows up at my memorial service please read this. Now don't get excited, I'm talking about the far future not soon!

Know that I have taken your love with me

And I have left my love here

To always be beside you.

When I go

I will be in the summer breeze

That caresses your skin,

The cloud that softens the heat of the sun

On your brow,

The glint of light on river waters

And the sound of night birds outside your window.

I will be in the love that smiles gently

When you stumble,

And the laughter of children when they play,

In the purr of a kitten,

And in the rhythm of my poetry.

I will live in the sweetest note of music you hear.

If you must cry

Then let your tears water the garden in your heart.

Remember how to smile after your tears

And know I will always love you.

The essence of my being

Will never leave you

But will simply join with you.

These things will be true when I die

But now I live

And I hope I live better each day.

The love you have given me

Has made me a person who knows how to love

And I have loved you all so much.

When I go I will have lived,

Truly lived.

Thank you so much for being my teachers

And the light upon my path.

What a journey it has been!

I will see you on the next playground!