If you need to weep
Cry for someone
Walking 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,
Multiplying your good deeds.
You can love me most by
Letting me live in your eyes
And not in your mind.
And when you say Kaddish for me
Remember what our tradition teaches:
Love doesn't die
People do.
So when all that's left of me is love,
Give me away.
Merret Malloy
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