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TO REMEMBER ME

Written By:  Robert N. Test

"To Remember Me"  

"The day will come 

when my body will lie upon a white sheet
neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress
located in a hospital
busily occupied with the living and the dying.

At a certain moment
a doctor will determine 

that my brain has ceased to function 

and that,
for all intents and purposes,
my life has stopped. 

When that happens,
do not 

attempt to instill artificial life

 into my body
by the use of a machine.

And don't call this my deathbed.

Let it be called the bed of Life,
and let my body be taken from it
to help others lead fuller lives.  

Give my sight 

to the man who has never seen 

a sunrise,
a baby's face, 

or love in the eyes of a woman.

Give my kidney's 

to one who depends on a machine
to exist from week to week.

Take my bones, 

every muscle,
every fiber and nerve in my body
and find a way 

to make a crippled child walk. 

Explore every corner of my brain.
Take my cells, 

if necessary, 

and let them grow so that, 

someday,
a speechless boy 

will shout at the crack of a bat
and a deaf girl 

will hear the sound of rain 

against her window.  

Burn what is left of me 

and scatter the ashes
to the winds 

to help the flowers grow.  

If you must bury something, 

let it be my faults,
my weaknesses 

and 

all prejudice 

against my fellow man.

 

Give my sins 

to the devil. 

Give my soul 

to God.  

If, by chance, 

you wish to remember me,
do it 

with a kind word or deed 

to someone who needs you.

If you do all I have asked, 

I will live forever."

 

BY FAR 

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

 EXTRAORDINARY  PIECES 

I HAVE EVER HAD 

THE PRIVILEGE OF READING.

 

 

 IT'S AUTHOR, 

Robert. N. Test  

HAS CAPTURED

THE ESSENCE 

OF  WHAT LIVING 

IS TRULY ABOUT.

 

 

IT IS MY HONOR

TO PRESENT HIS PIECE HERE

FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH OTHERS

IN HOPES

THAT IT TOUCHES YOUR HEART

 AS IT DID MINE.

 

MAY  YOUR JOURNEY BE BRIGHT.

ALWAYS A DREAMER, PAM GALLO

RE EDITED

2006

MIDI: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU