I who die before you
Scratch me from your list
Shed no tear, feel no fear
Shake not your worried fist
For even as I lay here
My body rots and my soul is mist
You must carry on
Oh long be the life you travel
Be it not a burden nor a fret
Yet I who die before you
Know it’s time to pay my Earthly debt
Be gone, you, who frowns on me
You still have time, so don’t forget
You must carry on
Oh eyes of mine close slowly
Lest the darkness steal my sight
For I who die before you
Will fear the coming night
But you with eyes of sunshine
Must do what’s just and right
You must carry on.
In the stillness of my death bed
As my final breath has left the room
I who died before you
Have journeyed off to meet my doom
But you must go and live your life
Till the day your death will loom
You must carry on
By Stephen P Kuper 11/21/2013