Dear Editor:

When I have passed and cease to bePlease don't kill a flower for meto deck my casket lid or graveThen leave with heat or cold to brave.Instead - if you must - plant a small shrub or treeOr a pack of perennial seeds you will seeWhen they grow into flowers that sway in the airSome gentle reminders to say a short prayer.You won't see me resting my lid will be closedThe ritual simple - already proposed.Remember me smiling and living each dayAnd please at the end let me do it my way.Jacque Patrick265 Golf RoadTamaqua