Love doesn't die (Merrit Malloy)

  When I die 

Give what’s left of me away 

To children 

And old men that wait to die. 

And if you need to cry, 

Cry for your brother 

Walking the street beside you. 

And when you need me,   

Put your arms   

Around anyone 

And give them   

What you need to give me. 

                                   

I want to leave you something, 

Something better   

Than words   

Or sounds. 

                                   

Look for me  

In the people I’ve known 

Or loved, 

And if you cannot give me away, 

At least let me live in your eyes   

And not on your mind. 

                                    

You can love me most   

By letting  

Hands touch hands, 

By letting 

Bodies touch bodies 

And by letting go 

Of children   

That need to be free. 

                                   

Love doesn’t die, 

People do. 

So, when all that’s left of me 

Is love, 

Give me away. 

--Merrit Malloy                                      

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