#TBT - Remember.

TBT - On this throwback Thursday, I recall a poem written three years ago. I may post it annually as a reminder of death. Remembering death is the most life affirming act I can think of.

WHEN I DIE

When I die,

Don’t come looking for me.

Don’t look for me in the bushes

or in the grass.

I won’t be there.

Don’t look for me on a cruise ship

going nowhere.

I won’t be there.

Don’t look for me at my place of work

My working days are done.

I won’t be there.

Don’t look for me in your photographs

Two dimensional copies of the image of me.

I am not there.

Don’t look for me in your house.

I am not there.

Don’t look for me in the streets of the city

Blaring chaos all around.

I am not there.

Don’t look for me in Heaven or Hell

If I am there

You can’t find me yet.

Don’t look for me while you are living

You can’t find me yet.

If you really want to find me

Look into your heart and mind

Because I live there

forever.

Rick Georges, Feb 2018