[Spoken Word]

When I’m gone

I hope the songs you once sang about me don’t change

I hope that I opened up your heart

That my love—above all else

Helped you see the light within yourself

When I return home

I hope the poems are enshrined in your memories

So you could forever remember me

The way that my words were a reflection of my actions

Don’t let my putrefaction leave you asking if you really knew me

Marvel the beauty in the moments we’ve shared

Know that I lived, I loved, and cared

And no matter how heavy the cross that I beared was

It did not change my decision to carry it...