Poem (Illustrated) - To Whom It May Concern



To Whom It May Concern

Dear Madam or Sir or Whomever

I may need your help in the future

When it’s time for my departure

There’s a way I desire my closure.

If I’m too weak to talk or to mumble

Please know my wish on this matter

I won’t have an easy passing

Surrounded by four walls and clatter.

It’s a matter of utmost importance

And my request to you will uncover

Your strength of back and purpose

“Will you carry me to my lover?”

“Will you secret me far, far away

To the waiting arms of the meadow

To the warm embrace of the breezes

To the kiss of sun and shadow?”

“Will you help me find my answer

In the murmur of bees and flowers

In the whisper of grassland angels

In the sigh of a leafy shower?”

“Will you help me slip my shackles

With the feeling of life on my skin

With the sense of something greater

Speaking without and within?”

“Will you help me to cross over

While breathing in earthy sweetness

While drinking in heavenly birdsong

And feeling a sense of completeness.”

Dear Madam or Sir or Whomever

When my life’s covered o’er  with grey

And death for me comes a’calling

Will you carry me far, far awy?

                         - Ava Darling