So this has happened.
I have shut my eyes for last time,
and it’s a bit sooner
than you would have liked.
I think it would be fucking beautiful
if you could somehow
get all the minutia of my life
to gather around me and join hands.
That teddy bear I bought myself at 29
because I was going through a bad break up
and wanted something soft to punch.
The principal balance of my mortgage.
The library card I spent months trying to get.
The tomato plants I tried to grow on the fire escape.
Have them all hold hands at my side
until there is a circle 25 miles in diameter
of all the worthless shit I ever wasted time on.
For Marian's prompt at real toads. Viva la.
Sister, I got you covered!
ReplyDeleteI wish to have this carved on my own headstone:
Here lies ... 'all the worthless shit I ever wasted time on'.
Amen. Viva la!
Oh my aching heart this is poignant! And it the end life seems like nothing more than a dream.
ReplyDeleteI often ponder what I might be think/saying from just barely the other side. This helped. Thanks.
ReplyDelete"until there is a circle 25 miles in diameter
ReplyDeleteof all the worthless shit I ever wasted time on"
Oh my gosh, I am so ready to start my life over from scratch, with this, my very first moment of breathing --- at 41.
That’s quite the feat to have lived 41 years before taking your first breath!
DeleteWow. This reads like a cautionary tale. Point well taken!
ReplyDeleteFor being dead, you're way bossy. But since you've already bought it, I'm taking the bear and the tomato plants. *sticks tongue out*
ReplyDeleteWow! I LOVE the tone in this wonderful Last Words poem, agree with Kerry about "all the worthless shit I ever wasted time on" (brilliant!). And cracked up at Shay's comment. LOL. Poor Teddy, such a sore tummy he must have had.
ReplyDeleteNo Funeral for me. I am being cremated. The heirs can do what they will with the ashes. I don't care
ReplyDeleteWhew! That's telling 'em! (And I'm with Toni.)
ReplyDeleteAfter this, OUR LAST MOVE, I have been pondering on all the "worthless shit"... So TRUE.
ReplyDeleteJust terrific. Thanks! k.
ReplyDeleteWell, your wishes are perfectly clear. Bravo! Oh, my, I can't imagine how big my circle of worthless shit would be. Love it!
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