If I died tomorrow, <br />Would you still search for me? <br />Would you still scan the skies <br />Or look out onto the sea? <br />Would you wait for my call <br />Until the light of day? <br />Would you search in your mind <br />For something meaningful to say? <br />Would your eyes stay at the door <br />Patient, with the same concern? <br />Would you wait on baited breath <br />Though you know I won't return? <br /> <br />Or would you agonize over endearments <br />Left unspoken and unheard <br />Indulging in your grief <br />Over something simple like words <br />Would you comb over my things <br />Think of when last they were used <br />Would you build a shrine to me <br />Cling fast to guilt like the accused <br />Would you live encompassed with regret <br />Over things left just to waste <br />And panic when a simple thing <br />Happens to be misplaced? <br /> <br />If I should die tomorrow, <br />Look not for me in the sun <br />Nor land, nor dropp of water <br />Or in all things left undone <br />Do not search for me in any form <br />For I will not be there <br />Do not find fascination <br />In a single strand of hair <br />Nor simple piece of cloth <br />That once did belong to me <br />You should not waste your life <br />Nor should you share same fate as me <br />Release your tears into the air <br />And leave them out to mix with dew <br />Please, do not search for me, <br />I will be waiting there for you.<br /><br />Amanda Saveley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-clarification-pre-departure/
