I want my final days

to be a finale

I can see no other way

since no matter how sad

and how hard it may be

to get up from one’s seat and applaud

when the beauty life has 

overcomes and drowns you in its aura

I will have no other choice

 

The music will swell

and slither it’s place into my heart

and I’ll feel compelled

to rise up all at once

and join those I love

who once were far from me onstage

and now are weaving their way 

through the audience 

to find me

 

They’ll take my hand and say

“I’m so glad you could make it”

and I’d say

“Yeah, me too”

And we’ll hug and kiss

and reminisce

and speak of all the wonderful things that happened

while the show lasted