April is national poetry month, so we wanted to take a moment to honor a great man, Dr. John Meyer II.
Dr. Meyer wrote a beautiful poem about death and dying and his family has graciously allowed us to share it with the world.
Dr. Meyer passed away in October of 2017. I think of him often and truly enjoyed the time I was able to spend with him in his last days.
The
Stumps
Written
By Dr. John Meyer II
When I have finished my work,
Let me fall with dignity
Or if I must fall sooner, with defiance
but let me rest
Let my fibers go to build the strength of the world I
share and
make strong supports for those I generated
Let my leaves bring up crocuses by mingling with the
soil to give them food
Let my stump molder quietly, offering for what rest
for those who wander this way,
food for
creatures, stuff for teaming life
And then in the fullness of time,
Let my dust lend moody elegance to the landscape
and let my
juices find their way through the interstices of Earth,
to enter into
fabric of new life
My immortality will not reside in my remembered
identity,
but in the flow
of life to life
Strength growing
In other mortalities
And generation of unborn ideas
© JLM 2017
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