Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Poetry - Don't Cry for Me

 





Don't stand around a coffin 

And cry sad unending tears for me.

Send me off with a joyful laugh 

And watch me float away

In a cool spring morning breeze.


Don't bury me beneath the earth

Where the cold darkness will eat away at my body until

I am just a bag of bones.

Toss me into the wind

So that I can fly with the birds 

And float with the clouds toward home.


Spread my ashes across a golden valley of sunshine.

Where the green trees yearn to touch the blue sky.

Where purple flowers whisper in the warm breeze.

Toss me in the wind and let me fly.


Let me lay on carpet of wildflowers

In a quiet evening meadow.

Let me listen to the cricket's chirp

And listen to the flowers grow.


Dance with joy in the morning light

As you toss me in the wind.

Sing songs of jubilation

as you watch as I take flight.


Shed tears of happiness in the golden sunset

If you must cry for me.

Share stories of my life well lived

As I float away on the breeze.


Live your life with gladness

Don't dwell on all the sadness.

Think of me with a delightful smile.

Remember....

We'll be together in a little while.


 by SK VIRTUE

 copyright 09/24/2025








 




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