The Thought Of My Death Saddens Me Poem by Shalom Freedman

THE THOUGHT OF MY DEATH SADDENS ME

The thought of my death saddens me
I will hurt those who care for me
I will hurt those I most do not want to hurt
I will not be
And that thought saddens me-

Any power I had to help others will be gone
And I do not have any money to leave them
No compensation
Just the duties of burying me
And remembering-

I am old now
It won't be that long
The thought of my death saddens me
I will not be
And those who care for me
Will have some other burden to bear
In life which is not easy.