I’ve thought about this post a lot and now that deadline is here, I’m not sure anything I could have said would have meant much.
I cleaned the office late this day. Put right things
Where things rightly go
Wiped the desk for the sun’s pink glow
Even sprayed down the keyboard
And dusted for crumbs,
Not a solitary sign or print of thumb
To indicate that I was here
Anywhere everywhere somewhere in this sphere
I ordered the papers just so
This is how things must be before I go
***
Do not believe them when they say
That I was kind, fearsome, or wry
I do not want memorials when I die
I do not want to die
Sometimes in darkness or darkened sight
Before the morning birds whet the spring
A shadow comes and with it brings
A breeze so light it breaks
Like April ice, aged and thin
I hope to crack like that—an inevitable caving in
And when that final, final, final day
Arrives, however much I want to stay
And return the books I borrowed,
I'll give in with all my marrow
Do not trust desks that are neat and tidy
Do not trust anyone who never cries
Wow. This was so powerful, Phayvanh. ❤️
so inspiring- particularly in these times
I cleaned the office late this day. Put right things
Where things rightly go
Wiped the desk for the sun’s pink glow
Even sprayed down the keyboard
And dusted for crumbs,
Not a solitary sign or print of thumb
To indicate that I was here
Anywhere everywhere somewhere in this sphere
I ordered the papers just so
This is how things must be before I go
***
Do not believe them when they say
That I was kind, fearsome, or wry
I do not want memorials when I die
I do not want to die
***
Sometimes in darkness or darkened sight
Before the morning birds whet the spring
A shadow comes and with it brings
A breeze so light it breaks
Like April ice, aged and thin
I hope to crack like that—an inevitable caving in
And when that final, final, final day
Arrives, however much I want to stay
And return the books I borrowed,
I'll give in with all my marrow
***
Do not trust desks that are neat and tidy
Do not trust anyone who never cries
I do not want to die
I do not want to die
Wow. This was so powerful, Phayvanh. ❤️
so inspiring- particularly in these times