songs for afterwords

we were in the kitchen
glasses of wine in hand
olives in a bowl
when it started.
the conversation you don't want to have
the words that you hope aren't a spell
a future you aren't creating
just by speaking of it ...
what music would you want played
when your gone?
in our house the littlies are always present
always listening
switched on
nothing escapes the minds
of the postulants
so they had first say
as if we could stop them
the young prince wanted
god speaks, we listen
hmmmm - maybe he's going to be a wizard after all
the new poet
she wanted every song from annie
its a hard nock life was, i thought, a winner
not to mention maybe or
tomorrow
i said i wanted metropolis by the cheerch
because no one would get it
which was appropriate
so we put it on and the first line was
they'll never b another quite like u
so it may have been ck's ego getting its two cents worth in!
missus thought of i'm almost with you
but ck would have to sing it so thats no good
the other folk
didn't offer a song choice
but me thinks they were thinking bout it
the end
and the music
words to be spoken
sadness and celebration
beginnings and endings
the who and the how
maybe even the where
feels sad to start the way this day
but the littlies last night
saw it all in the cosmic divine order of things
no grief or loss
and maybe today
i can love
and live
that way too