When I Am Gone (Eulogy) Poem by Tigest Samuel (TG)

When they say I am deceased...
When my expiry date is stamped...
When my spirit is called for judgment...
When I am blended with earthly dust...
Will you be the first one to exalt me?
With your eloquent eulogy?
When I no longer hear or sense...
How is that for a kindness?

When the sun ceases to amaze me...
When the moon is no longer euphoric...
When I stop caring for the stars...
When I am indifferent to your thoughts...
All your unsung songs of praise...
All your unsaid endearments...
Will they shower me after death?
When I no longer feel nor breathe?

When I stop being conscious...
Buried underneath the earth...
When worms eat my flesh and bones...
Will you be the first one to give?
Immerse in deeds of goodness?
Flowers on my grave?
Kindness after my death?

If you are the elected soul...
Handling my funeral...
And if you must talk about me...
With your eloquent eulogy...
Tell your audience that I said
“Be kind now, in the moment...
Love all the living not the dead”