I hope that when I leave here, <br />It won’t be without a trace. <br />Hopefully at some point in life, <br />I put a smile upon your face. <br />I tried to stop the hatred, <br />And the evil help erase. <br />I did what I could to make, <br />This world a better place. <br /> <br />I tried to make a difference, <br />And unite the world as one. <br />But now it’s up to others, <br />To help the task get done. <br />I want you to remember, <br />All the good times and fun. <br />Remember my life as beauty, <br />Like the setting of the sun. <br /> <br />Don’t shed any tears for me, <br />I’d like for you to celebrate. <br />Not because I’m no longer here, <br />But for what I tried to create. <br />There can possibly be a world, <br />Without prejudice and hate. <br />It is in the human nature, <br />I guess you could call it fate. <br /> <br />Even though my curtain closed, <br />The show must still go on. <br />For each day will continue, <br />With the start of each new dawn. <br />I ask that my legacy, <br />Will be attempted to continue on. <br />Celebrate what I did for you, <br />Don’t cry for me after I’m gone.<br /><br />Jon M. Nelson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-cry-for-me-13/
