Prayer: Elegy

When I die

if you need to weep

cry for someone

walking in the street beside you.

And when you need me

put your arms around others

and give them

what you need to give me.

You can love me most by letting

hands touch hands

and souls touch souls.

You can love me most by

sharing your joys

and multiplying your generosity to others.

You can love me most

by letting me live in your eyes

and not just in your mind.

Love doesn't die.

People do.

So when all that is left of me is love,

give me away.