I Do Not Know

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I do not know

if you smiled when you were dying

or cursed your friends

for the little attention we paid you of late

or how you spent your last full hour alive.

I do know that I was saddened when I heard the news.

Mostly

because you gave yourself to me once

without invention or restraint,

for that I still remember you

and love you.

By Rod McKuen

How do these words of Rod McKuen echo in YOU today?

How do these words speak to YOU and to the people who once were a part of your life?

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