Appreciate Poem by (TPAC) Alexander Coppedge

I'm sorry for this absence of my presence, giving my firm apologies and regrets that I could not be there, having one more chance to cherish the various things we all love.

Pardon my rude total absence of not being with you; knowing I have tried my best, still falling short of that goal: yet do ask all my friends to fill the void without me and carry on.

I do thank you for the wonderful flowers, despite being able only to capture with my left vision their beauty: now being here resting in this state my natural senses can't smell their scents.

I want you to please give my love and best wishes to all my friends, including my immediate family; wipe all their fallen tears away: exchange them with memories of happiness, replacing greater hopes.

I lye here totally absent from other activities about me; finding this state of absolute solitude within this coffin: found totally still and lifeless, without movements, I can't move my fleshly body at all.

My spirit, I do behold, floats high and hovers above you; watching all things constantly done by friends and close family: over my endeared beloved ones, spreading joy to those I've left behind in life.

I learned one thing: complaining doesn't help; accept what you have now, pertaining to your state of living, and appreciate it: endure living conditions because you could be worse, be thankful for whatever you have.