TO REMEMBER ME
Written By: Robert N. Test
"To
Remember Me"
"The
day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet
neatly
tucked under four corners of a mattress
located
in a hospital
busily
occupied with the living and the dying.
At
a certain moment
a
doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that,
for
all intents and purposes,
my
life has stopped.
When
that happens,
do
not attempt to instill artificial life into my body
by
the use of a machine.
And
don't call this my deathbed.
Let
it be called the bed of Life,
and
let my body be taken from it
to
help others lead fuller lives.
Give
my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise,
a
baby's face, or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give
my kidney's to one who depends on a machine
to
exist from week to week.
Take
my bones, every muscle,
every
fiber and nerve in my body
and
find a way to make a crippled child walk.
Explore
every corner of my brain.
Take
my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, someday,
a
speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat
and
a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn
what is left of me and scatter the ashes
to
the winds to help the flowers grow.
If
you must bury something, let it be my faults,
my
weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man.
Give
my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God.
If,
by chance, you wish to remember me,
do
it with a kind word or deed to someone who needs you.
If
you do all I have asked, I will live forever."
A Message From Dreamer :
BY FAR
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY PIECES
I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF READING.
IT'S AUTHOR,
Robert. N. Test
HAS CAPTURED
THE ESSENCE OF WHAT LIVING IS TRULY ABOUT.
IT IS MY HONOR
TO PRESENT HIS PIECE HERE
FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH OTHERS
IN HOPES
THAT IT TOUCHES YOUR HEART
AS IT DID MINE....
MAY YOUR JOURNEY BE BRIGHT.
ALWAYS A DREAMER, PAM GALLO
2002
