Intact
If you should go before I do, I want
One thing. I want you quietly fulfilled
With knowledge that I loved. No need to haunt
Yourself with this devotion: it was spilled
For life, for life. Don’t take conviction to
That petty kingdom of your grave. Keep what
I’ve given till the moment that its true
Completion is no longer needed, but
Release it with your final, phlegmy breath.
Don’t loose your hold on my oblation till
It’s useless—as all is useless in death.
At that last second, turn my love to nil.
..Yes. If I leave before you, please let go.
….Let go of me, because of what you know.