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Not sure how I know, or why, but I'm pretty sure I'm about to die 

One knows these things I feel, as time like thieves begins to steal 

I'm a little sad and maybe you will be too

But life begins and all things renew

Maybe I'll come back as a lazy english bulldog

Or a black cat, caterpillar, or just an ant on a log 

On rainy cold days i hope you think of me

Like the red gold orange hue of fall you see

I don't know why my time is near 

But missing you grow is my only fear

But I'll watch from afar I can promise you that

And cheer you on like a kid up to bat

Try to remember some of the things I have said

In the many poems I wrote, and you read

Sometimes things burn too bright to stay

It would be nice for people to remember me that way

Play some cool music the day I die

Like you can't always get what you want but you try

Tell funny stories, if you can think of a few

Maybe you'll even hear one you never knew

Probably not, because you guys always said

I needed new stories to share instead

I love you too much that words just won't do

I was put on this earth to bring in the two of you 

Now my chapter is almost done

Despite feeling like It's over before it's begun

Like a FlashFire I burned quick and I burned hot

But hopefully one not so easily forgot

I hope you laugh or smile when your mind replays a memory

A movie of us, for you to see

Goodbye for now but just for now

It's time for me to take that final bow

And exit this play of life I led

And remember these final words I said

You both amaze and astonish me

Now say farewell and set me free

You'll see me again in a sunset or cloud

I'll be watching, so please make me proud

Be kind, be strong, and laugh a lot

And try to live the lessons I've taught

You are now my living legacy,

Let people recognize in you what they loved about me

Goodnight my sweet boys it's time for me to go

I'll never be gone long, or for good though

Like the giving tree stump so close to the ground

I'll be here and there just look around

Because She loved the little boy so much she had nothing left to give

But to her it was perfect, the life she lived

So goodnight my forever loves I want you to know

It's okay I left early, it was my time to go

So smell me in the scent of a candle you burn

This chapter is finished, no more pages to turn

But I'll visit like thunder, random and sporadically

And you'll grin and say Hey Mama, you back again?

Because not even death can keep me from you 

so mourn no more and know this much is true 

I existed and did what I was meant to do

which is to raise two beautiful, sons like you

So, say goodnight moon sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite

And maybe I'll pretend i shined just a little too bright 

And this world was not equipped to handle someone like me 

Maybe one day it can, but we'll have to wait and see...