WHEN I'M GONE
Phoenix James
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When you go You're remembered for a few days People speak well of you A few may shed a tear Some share an endearing story or two Maybe you'll get two weeks If you were a popular soul After that Only those closest Or who were drawn to you Recall you on your birthdays Then after a time They too begin to forget Your face Your voice Your words Your energy Eventually We all fade from memory And time When I'm gone Gather with your friends and family And any whom share affinity for me Set a flame to burn and release a bird As someone reads aloud these words Light some soft scented candles around Lay bright and pretty flowers down And some thoughtful words of your own I'll be all around you and within you Wherever you are Will be my home When I'm gone Choose my words carefully Post them up on the walls In places where men and women learn And wherever children play Not forgetting Where adults have fun time And where the children study May they all read questioningly And thoughtfully May they hear within Ponder and reflect As you do now When I'm gone Know that I too also knew That I could have done And should have done much better in life In success and achievement In love As a father As a son As a brother As a human being Rest assured and find some comfort In the fact that this truth Will never be as painful And disappointing to bear For you As it always was for me In all the places I failed you And myself When I'm gone I like to think of all the women With whom I've been closely intimate And shared my sacred energy with Gathered around together With children and grandchildren Recounting stories And significant moments Memories of our times together I like to think each will say Their encounters with me Were uniquely special Like no other they'd ever experienced At any time with anyone else And that I wasn't at fault For not loving them More than I loved myself When I'm gone I hope that my words appeal to you Teach you and heal you In ways I'd always aimed for in life But knew might only be achieved in absence Often our words are only celebrated Long after we've vacated I'd made my peace with that long ago The living ones won't proclaim to know it Though history will plainly show it That mainly the best poet is the dead poet When I'm gone Know that all wrongs towards me are forgiven All transgressions forgotten That I've taken none of them with me They were far too heavy for the journey And unnecessary to bear Picture me complete At the dawn of a new sunset Strolling the shore of my souls favourite place Smiling to the gentle crashing of waves As the rough tide calmly rolls away And welcomes in A warm close of day
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