Pa’s Poem

I Wish - Goodbye Derek  

by Delphie Levy Jones 

for pa

I wish for the wind to take me 

a wicker bed bound in green shan’t rust

my bones to ashes, but let my spirit fly free

for I don’t wish to make much fuss 

I wish for a wistful breeze

up the Kymin I’ll scatter and rest 

the river and forest will cocoon me

as I sleep by my eternal nest

I wish for a simple tune 

with nothing but a farewell from your lips 

my old soul will linger, under sun and moon

for death is the mourner’s eclipse 

I wish for you to know my plea

that my remains won’t turn to dust

for they exist so beautifully in your memories and genes 

so for me, do not make much fuss