The Eulogy

THE EULOGY

When I'm As Dead...
As Dead... 
As Dead Can Be
When I Breathe No More
And My Eye's Won't See

When My Heart No Longer
Has A Beat
When My Life Has Lost 
To Deaths Defeat

When My Blood Has Drained
And Is No More
When I Am A Shell
Forevermore

When I'm Laid To Rest
In That Wooden Crate
One Day You Too
Will Find This Fate

When I Appear 
In Slumbered Sleep
Please Wear A Smile
And Do Not Weep

Then Walk Me Down
That Lonesome Mile
And Bury Me
With Grace And Style

Before You Leave
Please Think Of Me
And Keep Me In 
Your Memories

For The Day Will Come
We'll Meet Again
I'll Be The One To Greet
All My Friends

So Carry On
And Live Your Life
But Keep Your Hands
Off Of My Wife
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Gorelick Avatar
March 21, 2011 at 6:02 PM
The ending caught me off guard..love it. BG
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