DON'T

  Don’t talk of death here.

  Don’t compare me to the

  whites of tomb or loss.

  Don’t leave me in the hands

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  of someone weeping.

  Don’t drop me at the feet

  of a life lived.

  Don’t tell me you look at me

  and only see an end.

  I am still growing, thriving,

  following the gentle curve

  of the sun.