instructions…just in case
there is so much to say in this world
I keep writing it down
along with my scribing tribe of writer friends
we take notes of it all
the little things
the big things
the mundane
the madness
the simplicity
we feel as much as we can feel
squeeze life into our moments
we seek to express it
in words that make us
cry
laugh
hurt
heal
surrender
if I die tonight in a tsunami
having been under a warning of such a thing
i give you instructions
for keeping me in your heart
of carrying my legacy into the future
my best hope of changing the world
continue my most passionate work
the words that make me
the words that break me
the words that build me
the words that open me
the words that make everything clear
don’t let them end
let them grow
let them soak down
into the ground beneath your feet
into the ground where I lay
ready to become a shady green tree
hone them
make them much better than mine ever were
see all of the beauty you can possibly see
then write even one poem
and read it over and over out loud til you know it by heart
know that I died happy having found you again
that is all
🌎
Amy Lloyd
life: acoustic & amplified 