Remember Me
(read at the service for Kelly Kilpatrick, 2009)
Some say I’m gone,
Have kicked the buckets
Never again to
Raise a ruckus
The religious ones
who for me will pray
Say my spirit romps
In heaven today
The cynics among us
On the other hand
Don’t believe I’m in
The Angel Band.
No, no they say,
Her spirit’s close,
And not so far away
We can feel it here today
I cannot speak, but I can hear your word
I can’t be seen, but can be heard.
Do not be sad at my demise,
I’m still around in different guise
As into your Chardonnay you gaze
See me winking from the sparkling glass
It just means, I know for sure
That you and me, we’ve got real class
If you never liked
My cutting wit
Tell you what,
I just don’t give a (shit)…darn
When a sassy redhead walks your way,
Here is something you never say.
“Is that you’re natural shade?”
In an early grave you will be laid.
At that dinner party when folks are yellin’
‘bout politics, or bellies swellin’
Hear my spirit laughing loud
Hovering just above that unruly crowd
When you meet two loving sisters
All on fire with life’s glow
Remember this one true thing,
It’s a mother’s love that made it so
As you look upon a flower
And admire it’s simplicity–
Please just remember me.
The times we loved,
The times we cried,
The times we laughed.
The times we fought,
For if you always think of me,
I will never be forgot.
Do not be sad at my demise,
I’m still around in different guise