If I Were To Die Today
If I were to die today
would you celebrate
or would your heartbreak and fall apart from all the pain,
would it really be that hard for you to say goodbye
as the honor guard extends his arms to hand my mom a flag
would you comfort my mother or put your arms around my dad
as three rifles volley following the harmony of Taps
would you collapse or go running towards the back
while grasping a photograph of the two of us in the past
would you smile
would you frown
would you cry
would you laugh
has the life we've had been more good than bad
would you be glad and just pretending to be sad
or would you cry uncontrollaby while hoping I'd come back
don't get too nervous from these questions that I ask
they're only coming from a dream that I once had
where I viewed my funeral from far off in a better place
and I was wondering if you'd care either way
Copyright © Shane Thacker | Year Posted 2023
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