When I Die

When I die,

Take all my blood away

And give it to someone deserving,

Someone who needs to live another day.

Take my eyes,

So that I may see the night,

Let them close gently,

Against the morning light.

Take my flesh,

So that I may feel the gentle breeze.

Wrap it tight with love,

So the soul can’t be set free.

Let my heart beat in your chest,

Like a drummer that cannot rest.

Let my lungs breath cold morning air,

Let my knees help you down the stairs.

Take my kidneys,

For sorting out the waste.

Take the middle from my bones,

Pure and white as paste.

Let my cartilage shape your face anew,

Let my tendons hold your bones true.

Take my veins to be new roads,

And let them carry the life giving loads.

Take my ears,

To hear the music of life,

Take the ligaments as well,

I will give no strife.

Take my liver,

For I am the giver,

Of endangered, precious gifts,

And take my hair to cover your head,

For I won’t need it,

Once I’m dead.