Remember....

If I die before I'm due

and this is my final hour,

then let me say this to you,

and let your heart ring with a power:

if I die before I'm due,

just remember this:

I'll take with me the years,

the love, the shade,

the kiss,

the willow, the trust,

the tender fleshy aching thrust

of your heart,

and all the plays

of your part.

If I die before I'm due,

let me leave you this:

take your positive energy

and run with it. Take

all your passions

and strike up art.

Take your life to pastures light

and kill with life the dark.

And of all our creations

the greatest was this:

not a homestead, not a dynasty,

nor even a kiss;

the greatest thing we made

was a little, loving boy.

We took our flesh, 
my love, 
my light, and 
transformed it 

into joy 
and 
life.