When I'm dead



When, I leave this world just cremate me and release me into the evening sky, let me fly with the fire flies. Let me float above the stars and clouds so I can hear the angels sing . Don't worry about me for I will be but a butterfly flutter away.

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This is what i would like to believe would happen when I pass away

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Written on August 23, 2024

Submitted by alexandreamoney on December 04, 2024

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Alexandrea Money

 · 1985 · Ohio

I have used writing as a way to deal with my emotions since I was younge, for me it's easier to write than to put everything into words and actually speak. more…

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  • eawauthor
    I hope we can all look to our rest with such calm.
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