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My Final Bucket List

I've made my final bucket list
A wish to return such a beautiful gift

The gift to return a life for a life
For the one who supplied me, their blood sacrifice

Surgery required blood to keep me alive
Donated by a stranger so I could survive

I hope the check mark there on my donor card
Keeps a very special angel on guard

For a special someone who needs a good heart
To feel love and give their life a new start

Maybe a kidney to a child in wait
Run and play, grow up and date

I'd like someone to use my green eyes to see
How we are surrounded by God's beauty

My bucket list might happen after my death
But I'll know it's started with my last breath

If not for a stranger
My life would already be over

©Donna Jones

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Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 5/2/2016 1:15:00 PM

Lovely write Donna, real blessed thoughts of thankfulness for life, well done!

Donna Jones
Date: 5/5/2016 8:17:00 AM

Thank you so much Gordon...have a blessed day.

Cona Adams

Date: 1/10/2015 7:44:00 AM

A Fabulous poem, Donna. I'm a firm believer of passing it on.

James Fraser

Date: 4/5/2013 5:42:00 PM

Just maybe in our right, our wants should always be. Wouldn't it be right, and our eyes were allowed to see. For when we are gone becomes, it's an honour to be me. Belated congratulations to a heartfelt write. Have a lovely weekend, James :)

Donna Jones
Date: 4/5/2013 7:18:00 PM

Thank you James... much appreciated...Donna

Abdulhafeez Oyewole

Date: 3/23/2013 2:24:00 PM

Jones I was carried by your thought provoking writ... Congrats in deed and on your win-~ A.O

Donna Jones
Date: 3/23/2013 4:10:00 PM

Thank you so much....blessings....Donna

Tim Ryerson

Date: 3/23/2013 4:04:00 AM

Donna - This is just beautiful...7th verse is exquisite...so glad to see this win 1st place! -Tim

Donna Jones
Date: 3/23/2013 8:59:00 AM

Thank you so much Tim....still in awe but thanks....Donna

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/22/2013 4:08:00 PM

Hello Donna, Congratulations in the "Bucket list" contest. always~ Linda

Donna Jones
Date: 3/22/2013 4:55:00 PM

Appreciate it Linda ...very much....Donna

Joseph May

Date: 3/22/2013 10:12:00 AM

congrats on a great win Donna....

Donna Jones
Date: 3/22/2013 1:47:00 PM

Thank you Joseph appreciate it...I'm still in shock!!!!!

Painted Hunter

Date: 3/22/2013 6:20:00 AM

Wonderful, Donna! Congrats on the big win!

Donna Jones
Date: 3/22/2013 6:34:00 AM

Shock and awe here but thanks so much Caleb...

David Fisher

Date: 3/22/2013 6:03:00 AM

I loved this poem and congrats for the win!

Donna Jones
Date: 3/22/2013 6:35:00 AM

I so appreciate it David....Donna

Jack Jordan

Date: 3/21/2013 10:08:00 PM

WOW, what a wonderful, thoughtful list! Congratulations! Jack

Donna Jones
Date: 3/22/2013 6:36:00 AM

Thanks Jack...glad to see ya this morning....Donna

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/21/2013 7:12:00 PM

hey, WAY TO GO. it's on the top of the list!! Congratulations.

Donna Jones
Date: 3/22/2013 6:38:00 AM

No one more surprised than me! Thank you.....you are always kind to me Andrea... Donna

Richard D Seal

Date: 3/21/2013 6:04:00 PM

Congratulations in this contest Donna, well deserved place. Take care, Regards Richard

Donna Jones
Date: 3/21/2013 6:41:00 PM

Thank you so much Richard....I feel honored...and shock!

William J. Jr. Atfield

Date: 3/10/2013 5:51:00 PM

?? nihao Donna : The Gift of life, twice during your life time !!, guarding angels or what ? reminds me, subject for a poem “ bringing back to life a drowned Korean man. Anyway my Dear, I am glad that the end of one life allowed for you to carry on with yours . Bill .

Donna Jones
Date: 3/10/2013 8:27:00 PM

Hello Bill..people who donate blood save lives every day. It inspired me to become a donor hoping to return the gift of life if I can somehow help someone after my death with one or more of my organs... thanks for writing...

Skat A

Date: 3/7/2013 11:27:00 AM

This is a sure winner Donna~Yours truly *SKAT

Donna Jones
Date: 3/7/2013 5:02:00 PM

Thanks SKAT and for stopping by...Donna

Debbie Duncan

Date: 3/6/2013 2:42:00 PM

I so love your write,,,,, I have donor on my license too. from the very first one. thank you for reading Haiku six,

Donna Jones
Date: 3/6/2013 5:25:00 PM

Thank you for stopping and being a donor!!!!! :-) blessings

Scott Howard Myers The Gypsy King

Date: 3/5/2013 6:52:00 PM

Love it

Donna Jones
Date: 3/5/2013 7:04:00 PM

Thank you very much.....

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/5/2013 8:22:00 AM

If this is a true event in your life, you are blessed to be given a second chance..God has been good to you..My husband and I knew a young man who had a rare form of Lymphoma and he was given a second chance by bone marrow transplant..They could use his bone marrow and he did not have to be given that from others but at one point he had to have blood plasma and that kept him alive..He lived 6 more years before the illness came back..He was young to die from the dreaded cancer..Sara

Donna Jones
Date: 3/5/2013 10:24:00 AM

It was a true event Sara and I'm sorry for your friend..soup mail...

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/4/2013 11:40:00 PM

wow, what a thoughtful and sweet bucket list you have created. Awesome!

Donna Jones
Date: 3/5/2013 10:27:00 AM

Thanks Andrea. Someone giving blood did keep me alive, they are the thoughtful ones who go out of their way during busy lives to help others...thank you for your kind words

Jack Ellison

Date: 3/4/2013 12:15:00 PM

From the response you're getting to your poetry, I guess you now realize YOU CAN WRITE!!! Didn't I tell you when we first talked? LOL So now you have living proof... and writing like this one only goes to prove it further! Your zest for love and life comes shining through dear Donna! Love and hugs! xox

Donna Jones
Date: 3/4/2013 3:53:00 PM

Thanks jack..I love all your poems..Donna

Connie Gildersleeve

Date: 3/4/2013 6:33:00 AM

A wonderful unselfish bucket list my friend. Happy you were saved from another unselfish being. A great poem. Warm Smiles, Connie

Donna Jones
Date: 3/4/2013 9:20:00 AM

Yes heroes giving blood everyday...inspired me to be a donor...thank you for reading my poem...

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 3/4/2013 5:46:00 AM

Excellent write. A meaningful write. Enjoyed. Tfs

Donna Jones
Date: 3/4/2013 9:21:00 AM

Thank you Ravi..having your life saved by a strangers gift of life saving blood can inspire one to want to save some one else...blessings

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 3/4/2013 4:32:00 AM

The epitome of love and gratitude! If only we all see the light! Thank you! A great writing!

Donna Jones
Date: 3/4/2013 9:25:00 AM

Demetrios..one experience like that makes you realize quickly what is important..I was but 18... thank you for stopping by....it has allowed me to live my life unafraid of death because I know God won't let you die until it is your time..so maybe there will be life left in my organs for someone else..