Fondly Goodbye Poem by Dorsey Baker

Please forgive me
for being so
outspoken
but I believe
I deserve your respect
and you deserve mine
I believe in being neighborly
and I believe
you should be neighborly too
I will not try to take away
your dignity
and I do not think
that you should try to
take away mine!
harbor love in your heart
and let not your heart
become infested
with hatred!
and when it comes your time
to leave life
upon this earth
you will go fearlessly
and wave it fondly goodbye!