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if i die young

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if i die young,

paint my coffin.
splatter it with colour,
so no one can help but think
it's something
passionate and
beautiful and
strong.

cover me in sheet music.
the notes will close around me,
the words of my favourite songs
pressed
against my coffin.
pressed
to my ears.
pressed
to my body.
while i rest for eternity.

and while you're there,
bury me in poetry.
bury me in words
that brought me to tears.
made me show emotion.
bury me in words
that were mine,
when i put pen to paper,
and bled.

bury me at sunrise,
because this is a beginning
it's just a new day.

dress me in a floral print,
one ring,
one necklace.
the ones i always wore.

and do not bring me roses.
bring me dandilions and daisies and
orchids and
sunflowers.
scatter pine needles on my grave,
(but not the pointy kind)
so it will be soft to walk on.

do not bring me to a graveyard,
because
it is a place of
mourning.
and i am not to be mourned
for.

if i die young,
remember,
to me,
it was long.

it was my whole life.
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personal.

only the good die young.

"how good do you have to be to be considered a good person?"
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Emo-Skittle-Eater's avatar
nothing to say... im amazed at how for some reason this reminded me of myself...