Apr 2021
Don't say that you'll love me forever,
Please don't,
Please, please never ever pray for me,
After today.
What I want to know, what I must know,
Listen closely,
Is-- can you, will you, forget me,
Don't cry
You have the rest of your life.
Hold me,
You must not live in my shadow, our shadow,
Tighter please.
Tonight we tag the best of our times,
Our children,
Tonight we laugh until we are drunk with joy,
So beautiful.
Promise me when I am gone,
Promise me you will move on.
Say it.
Please don't,
Please, please never ever pray for me,
After today.
What I want to know, what I must know,
Listen closely,
Is-- can you, will you, forget me,
Don't cry
You have the rest of your life.
Hold me,
You must not live in my shadow, our shadow,
Tighter please.
Tonight we tag the best of our times,
Our children,
Tonight we laugh until we are drunk with joy,
So beautiful.
Promise me when I am gone,
Promise me you will move on.
Say it.
I overheard this conversation when visiting my mother in a cancer ward. It stuck. The lady who was sick was scheduled to die with dignity the next day. I've paraphrased but not much. I think about her from time to time hh
