Before Mourning

Mourn me when I’m gone
That’s all I ask of you
Who else will
Wait for me in the afterlife
With a latte and two balloons

Don’t leave me here
Unmoored, adrift
In the absence of you

What will I know of grief
What can I know of love
Until you are not around
Your seat is empty
My plate is cold
Your footsteps silenced
My sleep no more

Tell me what to drink
When my tears run dry
After the floods pour
Through the canyons
Drowning all my light

Sing my favorite songs
When your voice is not here
Memory married to
Melody, ringing from year
To year

Remember your
Promise to cast me
Into the sea
Even when you forget us
There you will always find me