my last goodbye wish

this was inspired for me to write by my favourite poem and it is called ""the last review"" by Henry Lawson a famous Aussie poet. this is my version of my last review or my goodbye to my loved ones.

dont cry for me

when i arise to go

when you only may

feel my spirit so

but this i do know

my hands will be cold

my skin will be white

my eyes closed shut

but ill see the one true light

please dont weep and sit

and toil yourself so

dont wail and scream

remember i told you this so

just know that i am with you always

watching you from afar

but so very near

and in your life

ill grin and see you growing older

year by year

ill wish to touch your hair your hand

but all i can do

will be to love you so

ill watch you look at pictures or such

of me and you when we were young

my babes in arms

i love you so

so dont weep for me

when its time to go

its all a plan

and rightly so

ive lived a life

seen many a fair share of sunrises

sunsets

oceans and lands and mountains too

ive lived my life seen lots of beauty so real

and yes I know

some days have been  oh so bad

but on the whole some mostly good

i cant complain

ive had a good life

promise this dont weep for me

dont waste a second on that

or youll be in strife

just live your life

and remember your

mum had a rather good life

Author's Note

this is not a suicide poem its a poem that i wish that my family will read when i do finally take my last breath or if i suddenly die.

Reviews

[Ranger Kessel]

I thought this was an honest and beautiful read. Thank you for sharing an intimate poem.

[barleygirl]

As a person who tries to wholeheartedly embrace all aspects of living, including death, I love that you wrote a tribute to people you’ll be leaving behind. I have also lived a good life, so I don’t want excessive mourning for me. I’ve often thought of writing something like this & you’ve done it in strong convincing ways with palpable details. We can tell people this, but it is impossible to have any effect on the way people grieve, of course! Your message is honest & down-to-earth. I especially love the middle stanza, which is the comfort your survivors will be thinking about probably more than the last stanza, which is the overall life satisfaction we may never be able to adequately convince our mourners about! *sigh!* Fondly, Margie

[peter Duggan]

Nice words Julie. beautiful poem to your family. I have the same outlook as you. When I come to that final day I tell my family to celebrate my life, no tears, no strife. Death is but a journey into that beautiful silence, perhaps leading into another story. I enjoyed your poem, my friend....peter

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Wonderful words of wanting your passing to be celebrated and not mourned- I feel the same- death is yet but a new beginning and we shall always be near to those we love- what matters is the mark we leave behind-🌹

[Akash gaikwad]

I have also written a similar poem where I have shared how i iwant to perform my last poetry of infront my loved ones and I don't want them to weep for me. I felt a connection with the poem.
Also I am from India in our southern part of our country in our tradition when people die we don't weep instead we play drums and dance.

[IvyRose]

Awesome. Dark. Beautiful.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Dear brave and beautiful friend, again your words bring tears. One in a million you are, and so caring of your family and others more than yourself. This poem is so like you- honest, direct, humble, loving, selfless, joyful through tears, a gift to all who know you. Your poem is the quintessential parting gift from a mother to her children. It honors you and them. “Don’t weep for me..don’t waste a second on that.”- yes. Put this away now, locked and sealed tight, because you have many more happy years to live. Xo

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks Annette
I don’t want a funeral I just will email this to a friend one day and he can keep it for our kids

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Awww, Julie you mean we can’t just puff off into the sunlight like dandelion seeds?? I feel just like you do about everything.:)))

[John the Baptist]

I've never seen a better funeral poem. Everyone should have something like this to help their families in the grieving process. Well done.

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks I don’t want funeral but thanks for review

[Great Aunt Astri]

This is actually a very comforting poem. It is also very brave. I am glad that I read this now, because, who knows, I suspect my 'end' will come soon. The last line of you poem 'jars' a bit (too long I think) because the rest of the poem reads so well. It is so lovely to feel content with one's life. Yours sounds to have been very good, even with the 'oh so bad days'! My life has been quite traumatic, for one reason or other, but I have learnt so much, had so many experiences, that I too feel quite content. Perhaps I will see you 'in the air' as we observe our loved ones!

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

funny that i wasnt happy with that last line either
what do you suggest
any ideas?
read morefunny that i wasnt happy with that last line either
what do you suggest
any ideas?
yes maybe we will at that xx

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

i changed last line what do you think now

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

sorry you had so many bad experiences i did too actually but dont like to concentrate on them all. most good though x

[Great Aunt Astri]

'and remember you Mum had a rather good life' Brilliant, scans well too. May I pinch that last line if I decide to write a farewell poem too?

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Of course thanks for your reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I visited the Henry Lawson museum in Gulgong its a wonderful place to visit if in country NSW