To Remember Me
A poem by Robert N. Test
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 heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless
days of pain.
Give
my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his
car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.
Give
my kidneys 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.
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 deed or word to
someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live
forever.